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Viviane Cordovez
@vivianecordovez.bsky.social
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Enthusiast of plant-microbe interactions • Galápagos adventurer exploring the Scalesia microbiome • Uncovering the ecology of phyllosphere yeasts •
🍀 One leaf at a time 🔗 www.nioo.knaw.nl
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here is @VivianeCordovez.bsky.social from @niooknaw.bsky.social speaking on the biosynthetic potential of yeasts, including FungiSmash analysis. Part of the work was done by young doctor Linda Gouka (still catching cereal killers 🙂). Lab of Jos Raaijmakers.
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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@lindagouka.bsky.social. and @vivianecordovez.bsky.social catching cereal killers 😀
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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#PMS2025 is a great occasion for many members of the MicroSOS consortium to meet and discuss about the project’s current and future activities!
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Gouka 🎉 Last week @lindagouka.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD thesis and has been nominated for the Jan Ritzema Bos prize awarded by the Royal Netherlands Society of Plant Pathology. Linda will continue catching cereal killers as a postdoc in the Cordovez Group👩🏻‍🔬🌾
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Congratulations to #YuzeLi and all co-authors with the publication of rhizoSMASH: a new tool to identify catabolic gene clusters involved in the metabolism of plant root exudates, thus driving rhizosphere colonization. 1/4

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Predicting rhizosphere-competence-related catabolic gene clusters in plant-associated bacteria with rhizoSMASH
Nature Communications - Rhizosphere microbiomes are shaped by root exudation of diverse organic compounds. Here, the rhizoSMASH algorithm is introduced, which maps microbial genes involved in their...
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September 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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New publication: #Microbiome-Mediated Resistance of Wild Tomato to the #InvasiveInsect Prodiplosis longifila, by
@vivianecordovez.bsky.social @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social
and others. #biodiversity #rhizosphere
Graphical abstract Sarango Flores et al. (2025).
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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New publication: Harnessing the #phyllosphere #microbiota of wild foxtail millet for designing beneficial cross-kingdom synthetic communities, by @vivianecordovez.bsky.social @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social and others. #plantmicrobiome #domesticatedcrops
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Figure 6 in Zai et al. (2025): "Conceptual framework depicting community assembly of green foxtail phyllosphere affected by environmental factors and plant genetic variation, as well as the plant protection of dominant core taxa against plant pathogen Alternaria alternata in foxtail millet. Environmental factors including soil properties (pH, TP, TK, AP, AK, and ⁠) and climate factors (AR, AS, MAP, and MAT) and plant genetic diversity based on SNP affected the assembly of the phyllosphere microbiome from seven sites. Species sorting and dispersal limitation differently governed bacterial and fungal community assembly. Three bacterial and three yeast genera were identified as core taxa with increased correlation with plant genetic diversity compared to the whole community, which were used in dual culture assay and detached leaf assay. SynComs composed of bacterial isolates (BacSynCom), yeast isolates (YeastSynCom) and both of them (BacYeastSynCom) significantly reduced the lesion area caused by plant pathogen A. alternata. BacSynCom exhibited the strongest protective effect (smallest lesion area) than other two SynComs. Bacillus, members of SynCom, had a strong inhibitory effect via dual culture assay. Back to natural conditions to explore the potential of the wild crop ancestors’ phyllosphere microbiome in enhancing the resilience and fitness of domesticated crop counterpart."
July 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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New publication: Unveiling diversity and adaptations of the #wildtomato #microbiome in their center of origin in the Ecuadorian #Andes, by @vivianecordovez.bsky.social and others.
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Figure 5 in Sarango Flores et al. (2025): "Sampling of wild tomato Solanum pimpinellifolium in their native habitat. (a) Landscape of native habitat of wild tomatoes in Loja, Ecuador; (b) Map of sampling sites of wild tomato native populations; (c) S. pimpinellifolium at flowering stage; (d) S. pimpinellifolium roots sampled for microbiome analysis."
July 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
vivianecordovez.bsky.social
Let's do this 💪
lindagouka.bsky.social Linda Gouka @lindagouka.bsky.social · Jun 8
The field trial preparations are in full swing! Last week, the @niooknaw.bsky.social team (with @vivianecordovez.bsky.social & Jos) and our Danish collaborators, prepared 210 plots, including 840 sticks and more than 1.000 meters of ribbon. Tomorrow, we will start the inoculations! 🌾 Stay tuned 🤞🏽
June 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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🚨 Open position
We are hiring a PhD student to investigate the ecology and genomics of phyllosphere yeasts combining lab experiments with computational approaches. Joins us at @niooknaw.bsky.social in collaboration with @micropresearch.bsky.social @cmelkonian.bsky.social @marnixmedema.bsky.social
PhD position: Ecology and Genomics of Phyllosphere Yeasts
The phyllosphere - the aerial parts of plants - harbors a rich and diverse microbial community, including bacteria, filamentous fungi, yeasts and viruses. This environment is both harsh and dynamic, e...
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May 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Announcing 2 more Keynote Speakers for #PMS2025!

🍄 @vivianecordovez.bsky.social – @niooknaw.bsky.social

🌍 Juan Esteban Pérez-Jaramillo – University of Antioquia

📅 Abstract submission is open: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #PMS2025
March 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
vivianecordovez.bsky.social
Super proud of you! Looking forward to the defense and celebrations👩‍🎓🥂
lindagouka.bsky.social Linda Gouka @lindagouka.bsky.social · Apr 3
PhD thesis submitted 🫡✅

I officially handed in my thesis titled ‘Catching cereal killers: a multi-omits approach to disentangle yeast-Fusarium interactions in the phyllosphere’ 🥳. Now it’s up to the committee, while @vivianecordovez.bsky.social and I can fully focus on the field trials!
April 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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We continue to build the Plant Microbiome Starter Pack. Please let us know if you or others are missing! go.bsky.app/QG4wCyf
February 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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how it started vs how it is going 🎑 looking forward to our field trial in Denmark, built on the very nice results from Linda's PhD project @lindagouka.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social #phyllosphereyeasts #fusariumgraminearum
February 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM