🍃Beech leaf bacteria were hiding in plain sight, buried under host DNA. PNA clamps cleared the noise and revealed a seasonally structured microbiome shifting from early insect-associated taxa to stable phyllosphere communities.

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🔬 This review hypothesizes weed invasiveness and robustness are largely modulated by host-associated microbial communities.
Details: https://maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/grares-0026-0017
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