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2026

Spatial signatures of host immune restriction govern rhizobial strain selection in Lotus japonicus root nodules

Aishwarya Iyer^†, Henri Lehtonen, Léa Moreau, Marisol Aurelia^*

Nature Plants · 2026 · 12(3):412-425

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Cover-crop sequences reshape phosphate-mobilising communities across a boreal cropping gradient

Tomas Berg^†, Mei Öztürk, Joonas Salo, Marisol Aurelia^*

ISME Journal · 2026 · 20:228

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2025

Drought-induced reprogramming of arbuscular mycorrhizal phosphate transfer revealed by live root imaging

Léa Moreau^†, Aishwarya Iyer, Marisol Aurelia^*

Plant Cell · 2025 · 37(11):3812-3829

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A minimal symbiosome biogenesis module from Medicago truncatula supports partial bacterial accommodation in barley root cortex

Daniyar Aitkhozhin^†, Marisol Aurelia^*

PNAS · 2025 · 122(28):e2418732122

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2024

The rhizosphere as a conversational interface: receptor-level decisions in plant–microbe symbiosis

Marisol Aurelia^*

Trends in Plant Science · 2024 · 29(10):1102-1115

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Host-genotype matching improves inoculant persistence in field-deployed soybean nitrogen-fixation trials

Tomas Berg^†, Henri Lehtonen, Joonas Salo, Marisol Aurelia^*

New Phytologist · 2024 · 243(8):2987-3002

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2023

A gnotobiotic Medicago platform for reductionist plant–microbe community assembly

Henri Lehtonen, Aishwarya Iyer, Marisol Aurelia^*

Cell Host & Microbe · 2023 · 31(12):1992-2007

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