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. 2020 Jan 14;117(2):808-810.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920431117. Epub 2019 Dec 17.

Leaf-derived bacterial communities adapt to the local environment

Charles Copeland  1 , Paul Schulze-Lefert  2
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Leaf-derived bacterial communities adapt to the local environment

Charles Copeland et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Adaptation of leaf microbial communities over successive rounds of inoculation. (A) A diverse initial inoculum is sprayed onto tomato plants, and the microbial community that develops is collected, in a process known as passaging. Over several passages, the diversity of the community decreases. (B) The initial inoculum is mixed with the community after the fourth passage and used to spray tomato plants. The resulting community strongly resembles that of the fourth passage, indicating that the selected microbes are adapted to the leaf environment.
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