Leaf side determines the relative importance of dispersal versus host filtering in the phyllosphere microbiome
W. Smets, M. K. Chock, C. M. Walsh, C. Q. Vanderburgh, E. Kau, S. E. Lindow, N. Fierer, B. Koskella
The paper examines bacterial communities on upper and lower leaf surfaces across 24 plant species, finding that lower leaf surfaces have lower taxonomic richness and are more influenced by host filtering than dispersal.
bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2022Microbiology