Ethylene signals through an ethylene receptor to modulate biofilm formation and root colonization in a beneficial plant-associated bacterium

• T. Scott Carlew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institute of Science, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8137-9195

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• Eric Brenya,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-0535

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• Mahbuba Ferdous,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Ishita Banerjee,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Lauren Donnelly,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9740-2644

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• Eric Heinze,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2350-357X

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• Josie King,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7906-2527

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• Briana Sexton,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Randy F. Lacey,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: InDevR, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2150-2865

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• Arkadipta Bakshi,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Department of Botany, UW-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  Affiliation Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Gladys Alexandre,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Brad M. Binder

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bbinder@utk.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8172-2034

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