Frederik Bak

The paper develops a synthetic bacterial community that colonizes wheat roots in soil and mimics field community assembly patterns, but shows genotype-specific differences.

The paper proposes a roadmap for fair reuse of public microbiome data by introducing a Data Reuse Information tag (DRI) to facilitate communication between data creators and consumers.

The paper uses amplicon sequencing of NRPS genes and 16S rRNA to study microbial community structure and function in wheat root rhizoplane under drought stress, finding that drought affects siderophore composition and enriches NRPS genes linked to colonization.

This study shows wheat root hair mutants shift from bacterial to fungal phosphorus acquisition during development under phosphorus-depleted conditions.

The paper examines cultivar-dependent Pseudomonas microdiversity in wheat rhizosphere, linking it to disease resistance and root diameter.