Stable, multigenerational transmission of the bean seed microbiome despite abiotic stress
A. Sulesky-Grieb, M. Simonin, A. F. Bintarti, B. Marolleau, M. Barret, A. Shade
This study tracks how drought or nutrient excess affects the transmission of bacterial communities in bean seeds across generations, finding stable transmission of 22 bacterial members regardless of parental treatment.
bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2024Microbiology