Rhizosphere bacterial community composition depends on plant diversity legacy in soil and plant species identity
M. W. Schmid, T. Hahl, S. J. van Moorsel, C. Wagg, G. B. De Deyn, B. Schmid
The paper investigates how plant diversity legacy and species identity influence rhizosphere bacterial communities over time, finding that soil legacy and plant species identity, not plant legacy, drive microbial community structure.
bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2018Ecology