Unlocking the power of the microbiome

Unterschiedlich fluoreszierende Methylobakterien auf einer Blattoberfläche.
(Bild: Maximilian Mittelviefhaus / ETH Zürich)

Not only an­im­als and hu­mans host a com­plex com­munity of mi­croor­gan­isms – plants do this as well. Re­search­ers at ETH Zurich have re­cently pub­lished two new stud­ies that shed light on fun­da­mental as­pects of these close – and of­ten over­looked – re­la­tion­ships.

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