Pairwise Interactions of Three Related Pseudomonas Species in Plant Roots and Inert Surfaces.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria are social organisms that interact extensively within and between species while responding to external stimuli from their environments. Designing synthetic microbial communities can enable efficient and beneficial microbiome implementation in many areas. However, in order to design an efficient community, one must consider the interactions between their members. Using a reductionist approach, we examined pairwise interactions of three related Pseudomonas species in various microenvironments including plant roots and inert surfaces. Our results show that the step between monoculture and co-culture is already very complex. Monoculture root colonization patterns demonstrate that each isolate occupied a particular location on wheat roots, such as root tip, distance from the tip

SUBMITTER: Tovi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8320352 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature