Designing a synthetic microbial community through genome metabolic modeling to enhance plant-microbe interaction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Manipulating the rhizosphere microbial community through beneficial microorganism inoculation has gained interest in improving crop productivity and stress resistance. Synthetic microbial communities, known as SynComs, mimic natural microbial compositions while reducing the number of components. However, achieving this goal requires a comprehensive understanding of natural microbial communities and carefully selecting compatible microorganisms with colonization traits, which still pose challenges. In this study, we employed multi-genome metabolic modeling of 270 previously described metagenome-assembled genomes from Campos rupestres to design a synthetic microbial community to improve the yield of important crop plants.

Results

We used a targeted approach to selec

SUBMITTER: Goncalves OS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10655421 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature