A highly conserved core bacterial microbiota with nitrogen-fixation capacity inhabits the xylem sap in maize plants
oleh: Liyu Zhang, Meiling Zhang, Shuyu Huang, Lujun Li, Qiang Gao, Yin Wang, Shuiqing Zhang, Shaomin Huang, Liang Yuan, Yanchen Wen, Kailou Liu, Xichu Yu, Dongchu Li, Lu Zhang, Xinpeng Xu, Hailei Wei, Ping He, Wei Zhou, Laurent Philippot, Chao Ai
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01 |
Deskripsi
The plant xylem microbiota remains understudied. Here, the authors characterise the xylem microbiota in maize plants finding that some bacteria carried N fixing genes. By using synthetic communities the authors confirm that xylem inhabiting and N fixing bacteria provide the host plant with N.