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ArticleNature communications2025

Photosynthate distribution determines spatial patterns in the rhizosphere microbiota of the maize root system.

Sina R Schultes, Lioba Rüger, Daniela Niedeggen, Jule Freudenthal, Katharina Frindte, Maximilian F Becker, Ralf Metzner, Daniel Pflugfelder, Antonia Chlubek, Carsten Hinz and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Sina R SchultesInstitute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-6673-7325
Lioba RügerInstitute of Zoology, Terrestrial Ecology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7168-0005
Daniela NiedeggenInstitute of Zoology, Terrestrial Ecology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4376-3473
Jule FreudenthalInstitute of Zoology, Terrestrial Ecology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1745-9171
Katharina FrindteInstitute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6801-5853
Maximilian F BeckerInstitute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Ralf MetznerInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG 2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6164-1141
Daniel PflugfelderInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG 2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
Antonia ChlubekInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG 2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
Carsten HinzInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG 2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7402-8394
Dagmar van DusschotenInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG 2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6251-1231
Sara L BaukeInstitute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Soil Sciences, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-9593
Michael BonkowskiInstitute of Zoology, Terrestrial Ecology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-1183
Michelle WattInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG 2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7843-0957
Robert KollerInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG 2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany. r.koller@fz-juelich.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7251-7242
Claudia KniefInstitute for Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. knief@uni-bonn.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9939-6241

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 403635931Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 403637614
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spatial variation and underlying mechanisms of pattern formation in the rhizosphere microbiome are not well understood. We demonstrate that specific patterns in the distribution of recently fixed carbon within the plant root system influence the spatial organization of the rhizosphere microbiota. Non-invasive analysis of carbon allocation in the maize root system by

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MicrobiotaPhotosynthesisPlant RootsRhizosphereZea maysBacteriaCarbonCarbon IsotopesFungiSoilSoil MicrobiologyCarbonCarbon IsotopesSoil

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PMID40774973
PMCPMC12331955

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