Plant specialized metabolites recruit functionally redundant and cooperative bacterial communities in wild plant leaves
Tongta Sae-Ong, Bastian Seelbinder, Shubhangi Sharma, Katja Arnold, Janek Wunderlich, Kerstin Unger, Niclas Krauss, Matthew T. Agler, Gianni Panagiotou
The paper shows that plant glucosinolates select for bacterial communities with redundant and cooperative metabolic functions in wild Arabidopsis leaves.
bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology