The interplay between the commensal microbiota and the mammalian immune system
development and function includes multifold interactions in homeostasis and disease. The …

Since the colonization of land by ancestral plant lineages 450 million years ago, plants and
their associated microbes have been interacting with each other, forming an assemblage of …

By changing soil properties, plants can modify their growth environment. Although the soil
microbiota is known to play a key role in the resulting plant-soil feedbacks, the proximal …

Plant microbiomes are essential to host health and productivity but the ecological processes
that govern crop microbiome assembly are not fully known. Here we examined bacterial …

Nitrogen-use efficiency of indica varieties of rice is superior to that of japonica varieties. We
apply 16S ribosomal RNA gene profiling to characterize root microbiota of 68 indica and 27 …

Microorganisms living inside plants can promote plant growth and health, but their genomic
and functional diversity remain largely elusive. Here, metagenomics and network inference …

Across plants and animals, host-associated microbial communities play fundamental roles in
host nutrition, development, and immunity. The factors that shape host–microbiome …

Roots of healthy plants are inhabited by soil-derived bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes that
have evolved independently in distinct kingdoms of life. How these microorganisms interact …

Groundbreaking research on the universality and diversity of microorganisms is now
challenging the life sciences to upgrade fundamental theories that once seemed …

Roots and leaves of healthy plants host taxonomically structured bacterial assemblies, and
members of these communities contribute to plant growth and health. We established …