MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Competition-induced metabolic switching governs the interaction network in plant microbiome assembly
Hidehiro Ishizawa, Rikuya Umemoto, Nanoka Yoshida…·Hiroyuki Futamata
The paper shows that competition-induced metabolic switching drives microbial interactions in plant microbiomes, with strains switching substrates during competition to dominate the inhibitory interaction network.
DOI 10.64898/2026.01.26.701895