Vittoria Catara

This study examines how water and salinity stresses affect microbial communities in two citrus rootstocks, finding that Bitters shows better stress tolerance with distinct microbial associations.

The paper tests synthetic bacterial communities in tomato growth trials, finding that richer and more diverse communities enhance plant growth and alter rhizosphere microbiomes, with Pseudomonas-containing communities showing the strongest effects.

The paper identifies Acinetobacter sp. as a dominant bacterium in tomato plant microbiota and shows its functional role in nutrient mobilization and stress adaptation, while decoupling its presence from antimicrobial resistance genes.

The paper evaluates ten bacterial strains from the tomato core microbiome for biocontrol and growth promotion, identifying their genomic traits and potential applications as bioinoculants.