Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome

Kyle M Meyer1, Isabella E Muscettola2, Ana Luisa S Vasconcelos3

  • 1Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Cell Host & Microbe
|November 29, 2023
PubMed

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