Publications

The Plant Microbiome: From Ecology to Reductionism and Beyond

Connor R Fitzpatrick, Isai Salas-González, Jonathan M Conway, Omri M Finkel, Sarah Gilbert, Dor Russ, Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira, Jeffery L Dangl. Annual Review of Microbiology. 74

2019

The effects of soil phosphorus content on plant microbiota are driven by the plant phosphate starvation response

Omri M Finkel, Isai Salas- González, Gabriel Castrillo, Stijn Spaepen, Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira, Theresa F Law, Corbin D Jones, Jeffery L Dangl. PLoS Biology. 17 (11)

2018

Phevamine A, a small molecule that suppresses plant immune responses

Erinn M O’Neill, Tatiana Mucyn, Jon B Patterson, Omri M Finkel, Eui-Hwan Chung, Joshua Baccile, Elizabesh Massolo, Frank C Schroeder, Jeffery L Dangl, Bo Li. PNAS 115 (41), E9514-E9522

2018

Design of synthetic bacterial communities for predictable plant phenotypes

Sur Herrera Paredes, Tianxiang Gao, Theresa F Law, Omri M Finkel, Tatiana Mucyn, Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira, Isai Salas Gonzalez, Meghan E Feltcher, Matthew J Powers, Elizabeth A Shank, Corbin D Jones, Vladimir Jojic, Jeffery L Dangl, Gabriel Castrillo. PLoS Biology  16 (2)

2017

Understanding and exploiting plant beneficial microbes

Omri M Finkel, Gabriel Castrillo, Sur Herrera Paredes, Isai Salas González, Jeffery L Dangl. Current opinion in plant biology 38, 155-163

2017

Root microbiota drive direct integration of phosphate stress and immunity

Gabriel Castrillo, Sur Herrera Paredes, Theresa F Law, Laura de Lorenzo, Meghan E Feltcher, Omri M Finkel, Natalie W Breakfield, Piotr Mieczkowski, Corbin D Jones, Javier Paz-Ares, Jeffery L Dangl. Nature. 543 (7646), 513-518

2017

Convergent patterns in the evolution of mealybug symbioses involving different intrabacterial symbionts

Gitta Szabó, Frederik Schulz, Elena R Toenshoff, Jean-Marie Volland, Omri M Finkel, Shimshon Belkin, Matthias Horn. ISMEJ. 11 (3), 715-726

2017

Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopBB1 promotes host transcriptional repressor degradation to regulate phytohormone responses and virulence

Li Yang, Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira, Surojit Biswas, Omri M Finkel, Yijian He, Isai Salas-Gonzalez, Marie E English, Petra Epple, Piotr Mieczkowski, Jeffery L Dangl. Cell Host & Microbe. 21 (2), 156-168

2016

Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopAF1 suppresses plant immunity by targeting methionine recycling to block ethylene induction

Erica J Washington, M Shahid Mukhtar, Omri M Finkel, Li Wan, Mark J Banfield, Joseph J Kieber, Jeffery L Dangl. PNAS. 113 (25), E3577-E3586

2016

Metagenomic signatures of bacterial adaptation to life in the phyllosphere of a salt-secreting desert tree

Omri M Finkel, Tom O Delmont, Anton F Post, Shimshon Belkin. AEM. 00483-16

2014

Coordinated transporter activity shapes high-affinity iron acquisition in cyanobacteria

Chana Kranzler, Hagar Lis, Omri M Finkel, Georg Schmetterer, Yeala Shaked, Nir Keren. ISMEJ. 8 (2), 409-417

2013

A newly isolated Chlorella sp. from desert sand crusts exhibits a unique resistance to excess light intensity

Haim Treves, Hagai Raanan, Omri M Finkel, Simon M Berkowicz, Nir Keren, Yoram Shotland, Aaron Kaplan. FEMS micobiology ecology. 86 (3), 373-380

2013

Diverse microhabitats experienced by Halomonas variabilis on salt-secreting leaves

Adrien Y Burch, Omri M Finkel, Juliana K Cho, Shimshon Belkin, Steven E Lindow. AEM. 79 (3), 845-852

2013

Global abundance of microbial rhodopsins

Omri M Finkel, Oded Béja, Shimshon Belkin. ISMEJ. 7 (2), 448-451

2012

Distance-Decay Relationships Partially Determine Diversity Patterns of Phyllosphere Bacteria on Tamrix Trees across the Sonoran Desert

Omri M Finkel, Adrien Y Burch, Tal Elad, Susan M Huse, Steven E Lindow, Anton F Post, Shimshon Belkin. AEM. 78 (17), 6187-6193

2012

Bacterial anoxygenic photosynthesis on plant leaf surfaces

Nof Atamna‐Ismaeel, Omri Finkel, Fabian Glaser, Christian von Mering, Julia A Vorholt, Michal Koblížek, Shimshon Belkin, Oded Béjà. Environmental microbiology reports. 4 (2), 209-216

2012

Biogeographical diversity of leaf-associated microbial communities from salt-secreting Tamarix trees of the Dead Sea region

Noga Qvit-Raz, Omri M Finkel, Taghleb M Al-Deeb, Hanan I Malkawi, Muna Y Hindiyeh, Edouard Jurkevitch, Shimshon Belkin. Research in Microbiology. 163 (2), 142-150

2012

Microbial rhodopsins on leaf surfaces of terrestrial plants

Nof Atamna‐Ismaeel, Omri M Finkel, Fabian Glaser, Itai Sharon, Ron Schneider, Anton F Post, John L Spudich, Christian von Mering, Julia A Vorholt, David Iluz, Oded Béjà, Shimshon Belkin. Environmental microbiology 14 (1), 140-146

2011

Geographical location determines the population structure in phyllosphere microbial communities of a salt-excreting desert tree

Omri M Finkel, Adrien Y Burch, Steven E Lindow, Anton F Post, Shimshon Belkin. AEM. 77 (21), 7647-7655

2020