mSystems (Jun 2021)

Cultivating the Bacterial Microbiota of <i>Populus</i> Roots

  • Dana L. Carper,
  • David J. Weston,
  • Aditya Barde,
  • Collin M. Timm,
  • Tse-Yuan Lu,
  • Leah H. Burdick,
  • Sara S. Jawdy,
  • Dawn M. Klingeman,
  • Michael S. Robeson,
  • Allison M. Veach,
  • Melissa A. Cregger,
  • Udaya C. Kalluri,
  • Christopher W. Schadt,
  • Mircea Podar,
  • Mitchel J. Doktycz,
  • Dale A. Pelletier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01306-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Microbial communities play an integral role in the health and survival of their plant hosts. Many studies have identified key members in these communities and led to the use of synthetic communities for elucidating their function; however, these studies are limited by the available cultured bacterial representatives.