Publications by authors named "Yizhu Qiao"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores how a synthetic community (SynCom) of specific bacteria from watermelon roots can help increase plant growth and disease resistance, particularly against soil-borne diseases.
- It identifies Pseudomonas as a key player in promoting plant health, showing that its presence significantly boosts overall microbial activity and disease defense in ungrafted watermelon.
- The findings highlight the potential of using these beneficial bacterial interactions in sustainable agriculture, suggesting that a simplified version of the SynCom can effectively protect plants while promoting growth.
Nutrient status changes bacterial interactions in a synthetic community.
Appl Environ Microbiol
January 2024
Microbial interactions affect community stability and niche spaces in all ecosystems. However, it is not clear what factors influence these interactions, leading to changes in species fitness and ecological niches. Here, we utilized 16 monocultures and their corresponding pairwise co-cultures to measure niche changes among 16 cultivable bacterial species in a wide range of carbon sources, and we used resource availability as a parameter to alter the interactions of the synthetic bacterial community.
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