Microbial community assembly differs by mineral type in the rhizosphere
T. Whitman, R. Neurath, A. Perera, D. Ning, J. Zhou, P. Nico, J. Pett-Ridge, M. Firestone
The paper investigates how microbial communities assemble on different soil minerals in the rhizosphere and finds that dispersal limitation and microbial growth capacity shape these communities.
bioRxiv · Apr 20, 2017Microbiology