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Saskia Gerards

Netherlands Institute of Ecology

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1

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Adam OssowickiiD· 1 shared Dominika Rybka· 1 shared Elio G. W. M. SchijleniD· 1 shared Gilles P. van WezeliD· 1 shared Jiayi JingiD· 1 shared Jos M. RaaijmakersiD· 1 shared Marnix H. MedemaiD· 1 shared Mirna Lilian Baak· 1 shared

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Reconstructing plant beneficial bacterial consortia by integrating dilution-to-extinction microbiome perturbation with genome-resolved synthetic ecology

Jiayi Jing, Adam Ossowicki, Vittorio Tracanna, Elio G. W. M. Schijlen, Mirna Lilian Baak, Walter Pirovano, Wilfred F. J. van IJcken, Dominika Rybka, Saskia Gerards, Somayah S. Elsayed, Zachary L. Reitz, Gilles P. van Wezel, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Paolina Garbeva, Marnix H. Medema

This study reconstructs microbial consortia responsible for disease suppression in plants by combining dilution-to-extinction experiments with genome-resolved synthetic ecology.

bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology