The coupling of root nutrient exudation by plants with microbial nutrient utilization preferences helps drive the assembly of rhizosphere microbiomes, enabling the use of metabolite interaction traits to engineer favourable microbial communities on roots.
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Beattie, G.A. Metabolic coupling on roots. Nat Microbiol 3, 396–397 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0139-1
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