When a bacterial synthetic community effectively colonizes soil, it changes the microbial ecology and encourages plant development.

Abstract

The use of plant-associated microorganisms as bioinoculants in agriculture is being investigated extensively. However, little is known about how quickly and effectively foreign microorganisms may colonize and interact with native soil microbiomes.Eight plant-growth-promoting bacteria that were isolated from the rhizosphere of wheat (Triticum aestivum) were used in this study to create a bacterial synthetic community (SynCom). These bacteria included three Bacillus species, two Acinebacter species, an Enterobacter species, a Xanthomonas species, and a Burkholderia species.