Rapid evolution of bacterial mutualism in the plant rhizosphere

Beneficial plant-microbe interactions are common in nature, but direct evidence for the evolution of mutualism is scarce. Here, Li et al. experimentally evolve a rhizospheric bacterium and find that it can evolve into a mutualist on a relatively short timescale.

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Auteurs principaux: Erqin Li, Ronnie de Jonge, Chen Liu, Henan Jiang, Ville-Petri Friman, Corné M. J. Pieterse, Peter A. H. M. Bakker, Alexandre Jousset
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/a1ebddd0711d40c3a44ab3dfd2812356
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