Community standards and future opportunities for synthetic communities in plant-microbiota research

Trent R. Northen; Manuel Kleiner; Marta Torres; Ákos T Kovács; Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen; Dorota M. Krzyżanowska; Shilpi Sharma; George Lund; Lars Jelsbak; Oliver Baars; Nikolaj Lunding Kindtler; Kathrin Wippel; Caja Dinesen; Jessica A. Ferrarezi; Malek Marian; Adele Pioppi; Xinming Xu; Tonni Andersen; Niko Geldner; Paul Schulze-Lefert; Julia A. Vorholt; Ruben Garrido-Oter

doi:10.1038/s41564-024-01833-4

Community standards and future opportunities for synthetic communities in plant-microbiota research

Trent R. Northen, Manuel Kleiner, Marta Torres, Ákos T Kovács, Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen, Dorota M. Krzyżanowska, Shilpi Sharma, George Lund, Lars Jelsbak, Oliver Baars, Nikolaj Lunding Kindtler, Kathrin Wippel, Caja Dinesen, Jessica A. Ferrarezi, Malek Marian, Adele Pioppi, Xinming Xu, Tonni Andersen, Niko Geldner, Paul Schulze-LefertJulia A. Vorholt, Ruben Garrido-Oter

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Harnessing beneficial microorganisms is seen as a promising approach to enhance sustainable agriculture production. Synthetic communities (SynComs) are increasingly being used to study relevant microbial activities and interactions with the plant host. Yet, the lack of community standards limits the efficiency and progress in this important area of research. To address this gap, we recommend three actions: (1) defining reference SynComs; (2) establishing community standards, protocols and benchmark data for constructing and using SynComs; and (3) creating an infrastructure for sharing strains and data. We also outline opportunities to develop SynCom research through technical advances, linking to field studies, and filling taxonomic blind spots to move towards fully representative SynComs.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Microbiology
Volume	9
Pages (from-to)	2774-2784
ISSN	2058-5276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01833-4
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Northen, T. R., Kleiner, M., Torres, M., Kovács, Á. T., Nicolaisen, M. H., Krzyżanowska, D. M., Sharma, S., Lund, G., Jelsbak, L., Baars, O., Kindtler, N. L., Wippel, K., Dinesen, C., Ferrarezi, J. A., Marian, M., Pioppi, A., Xu, X., Andersen, T., Geldner, N., ... Garrido-Oter, R. (2024). Community standards and future opportunities for synthetic communities in plant-microbiota research. Nature Microbiology, 9, 2774-2784. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01833-4

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