R. O. Schlechter

Bacterial community complexity in the phyllosphere penalises specialists over generalists

This study shows specialists are more affected by community complexity than generalists in Arabidopsis leaf microbiota.

Hitching a ride in the phyllosphere: Surfactant production of Pseudomonas spp. causes co-swarming of Pantoea eucalypti 299R

This study shows that surfactant-producing Pseudomonads enhance co-swarming and biomass of Pantoea eucalypti 299R on agar but not in planta, suggesting surfactant-dependent co-motility benefits leaf colonization.

Metabolic resource overlap impacts on the competition of phyllosphere bacteria

This study investigates how resource overlap affects bacterial competition in the phyllosphere using metabolic modeling and experimental competitions, finding weak resource competition effects due to leaf spatial heterogeneity.

Chromatic bacteria version 2 - A Himar1 transposon based delivery vector to extend the host range of a toolbox to fluorescently tag bacteria

The paper extends the Chromatic Bacteria toolbox using a Himar1 transposon vector to fluorescently tag more bacteria, successfully integrating into some non-model organisms but not Gram positives.

Fluorescent protein expression as a proxy of bacterial fitness in a high throughput assay

This study uses fluorescent proteins to track bacterial growth in mixed cultures, showing strong correlation with optical density and enabling high-throughput analysis of strain interactions.

Litterbox - A gnotobiotic zeolite-clay system to investigate Arabidopsis-microbe interactions

The paper introduces Litterbox, a gnotobiotic zeolite-clay system for studying Arabidopsis-microbe interactions, showing it supports plant growth and mimics natural microbial densities.

Chromatic Bacteria - A broad host-range plasmid and chromosomal insertion toolbox for fluorescent protein expression in bacteria

The paper develops plasmids and transposons for fluorescent protein expression in bacteria, enabling differential labeling for studying microbial interactions.