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Rapid evolution of bacterial mutualism in the plant rhizosphere.
Nature communications - 22 Jun 2021
Li Erqin, de Jonge Ronnie, Liu Chen, Jiang Henan, Friman Ville-Petri, Pieterse Corné M J, Bakker Peter A H M, Jousset Alexandre
Abstract excerpt
While beneficial plant-microbe interactions are common in nature, direct evidence for the evolution of bacterial mutualism is scarce. Here we use experimental evolution to causally show that initially plant-antagonistic Pseudomonas protegens bacteria evolve into mutualists in the rhizosphere of Arabidopsis thaliana within six plant growth cycles (6 months). This evolutionary transition is accompanied with...
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