Deterministic colonization arises early during the transition of soil bacteria to the phyllosphere and is shaped by plant-microbe interactions.
Teresa Mayer, Erik Teutloff, Kerstin Unger, Pamela Lehenberger, Matthew T. Agler
This study investigates how soil bacteria transition to the phyllosphere, finding that deterministic processes shape some taxa while stochastic processes dominate overall, influenced by plant-microbe interactions.
Microbiome · Apr 22, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology