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Groups of bacteria can work together to better protect crops and improve their growth – EurekAlert
Certain bacteria, known as plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), can improve plant health or protect them from pathogens and are used commercially to help crops….
IMAGE: Scientist Susanna Harris in the lab.
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Credit: Noam Eckshtain-Levi, Susanna Leigh Harris, Reizo Quilat Roscios, and Elizabeth Anne Shank
Certain bacteria, known as plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), can improve plant health or protect them from pathogens and are used commercially to help crops. To further improve agricultural yields, it is helpful to identify factors that can improve PGPB behavior.
Many PGPB form sticky communities of cells, known as biofilms, that help them…
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