Microbial Induced Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Comprehensive Review

Microbes play a crucial role for us and are present everywhere, such as in human and plant microbiota, and in each ecosystem, they have various medicinal and industrial applications to ease our livelihood. The microbes act as catalyst to enhance useful content of plants such as secondary metabolites...

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Main Authors: Vibhuti Rana, Punam Kumari, Ningthoujam Anthony Singh, Riya Soni, Mahak Devrani, Bijendra Kumar, Monika Singh
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Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://microbiologyjournal.org/microbial-induced-enhancement-of-secondary-metabolites-in-plants-a-comprehensive-review/
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Ningthoujam Anthony Singh
Riya Soni
Mahak Devrani
Bijendra Kumar
Monika Singh
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description Microbes play a crucial role for us and are present everywhere, such as in human and plant microbiota, and in each ecosystem, they have various medicinal and industrial applications to ease our livelihood. The microbes act as catalyst to enhance useful content of plants such as secondary metabolites and also ameliorate the health, growth and development of the plant. Microbes are eco-friendly in nature, they are effective and low-cost in production of valuable things. Several studies revealed that microbes induced plants are excellent modulator of secondary metabolites of human interest. In this review article, the authors try to compile various microorganisms which are key enhancer of natural antioxidant compounds in plants. This study based on beneficial plant microbes that enhance the plant’s growth and also enhance the content of biologically active compounds in the host plants. Among the microbes, some bacteria, actinobacteria, cyanobacteria and fungi were excellent modulator of secondary metabolites present in the plant. Additionally, they improve plant health and development and also protect from various infections and stresses. This study concluded that among the microbes, bacteria and fungi showed enhancement in flavonoids, phenolics and carotenoid content and how they modulate their metabolite content after microbial inoculation in plants; and also increase their immunity against biotic and abiotic stresses, whereas actinobacteria enhanced growth factors which increase the defence mechanism of plants against various infections.
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spelling doaj-art-a66336530fbf4163b68ba7e88ae0af1c2025-08-20T02:06:46ZengJournal of Pure and Applied MicrobiologyJournal of Pure and Applied Microbiology0973-75102581-690X2025-06-01192960973https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.19.2.29Microbial Induced Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Comprehensive ReviewVibhuti Ranahttps://orcid.org/0009-0006-1080-6827Punam KumariNingthoujam Anthony SinghRiya SoniMahak DevraniBijendra Kumarhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8508-5001Monika Singhhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6667-1160Microbes play a crucial role for us and are present everywhere, such as in human and plant microbiota, and in each ecosystem, they have various medicinal and industrial applications to ease our livelihood. The microbes act as catalyst to enhance useful content of plants such as secondary metabolites and also ameliorate the health, growth and development of the plant. Microbes are eco-friendly in nature, they are effective and low-cost in production of valuable things. Several studies revealed that microbes induced plants are excellent modulator of secondary metabolites of human interest. In this review article, the authors try to compile various microorganisms which are key enhancer of natural antioxidant compounds in plants. This study based on beneficial plant microbes that enhance the plant’s growth and also enhance the content of biologically active compounds in the host plants. Among the microbes, some bacteria, actinobacteria, cyanobacteria and fungi were excellent modulator of secondary metabolites present in the plant. Additionally, they improve plant health and development and also protect from various infections and stresses. This study concluded that among the microbes, bacteria and fungi showed enhancement in flavonoids, phenolics and carotenoid content and how they modulate their metabolite content after microbial inoculation in plants; and also increase their immunity against biotic and abiotic stresses, whereas actinobacteria enhanced growth factors which increase the defence mechanism of plants against various infections.https://microbiologyjournal.org/microbial-induced-enhancement-of-secondary-metabolites-in-plants-a-comprehensive-review/microbesinducedplantsecondary metabolitescaroteneflavonoid
spellingShingle Vibhuti Rana
Punam Kumari
Ningthoujam Anthony Singh
Riya Soni
Mahak Devrani
Bijendra Kumar
Monika Singh
Microbial Induced Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Comprehensive Review
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
microbes
induced
plant
secondary metabolites
carotene
flavonoid
title Microbial Induced Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Comprehensive Review
title_full Microbial Induced Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Comprehensive Review
title_fullStr Microbial Induced Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Comprehensive Review
title_full_unstemmed Microbial Induced Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Comprehensive Review
title_short Microbial Induced Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in Plants: A Comprehensive Review
title_sort microbial induced enhancement of secondary metabolites in plants a comprehensive review
topic microbes
induced
plant
secondary metabolites
carotene
flavonoid
url https://microbiologyjournal.org/microbial-induced-enhancement-of-secondary-metabolites-in-plants-a-comprehensive-review/
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