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LBNL Switchgrass Soil SynCom16

Community ID CommunityMech:000087
Ecological State ENGINEERED
Environment soil
ENVO:00001998

A 16-member synthetic soil community from switchgrass-associated soil, optimized for reproducible in vitro and EcoFAB plant-microbe experiments.

Taxonomy

Taxon Ontology ID Functional Roles Abundance
soil bacterial SynCom members NCBITaxon:2
CROSS_FEEDER
N/A
  • PMID:36472419 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "Here, a model synthetic community (SynCom) of 16 soil microorganisms commonly found in the rhizosphere of diverse plant species, isolated from soil surrounding a single switchgrass plant, has been developed and optimized for in vitro experiments."

Ecological Interactions

Ecological interaction network for LBNL Switchgrass Soil SynCom16 Bipartite graph where circle nodes represent taxa and colored rectangles represent ecological interactions (cross-feeding, mutualism, syntrophy, competition, commensalism).
Taxon
Cross-feeding
Mutualism
Syntrophy
Competition
Commensalism
Niche partitioning
Colonization facilitation
Strain competition
Predation

Reproducible Rhizosphere Assembly

COLONIZATION_FACILITATION

Evidence

  • PMID:36472419 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "Here, a model synthetic community (SynCom) of 16 soil microorganisms commonly found in the rhizosphere of diverse plant species, isolated from soil surrounding a single switchgrass plant, has been developed and optimized for in vitro experiments."

Environmental Factors

Factor Value Unit
defined synthetic community design Bottom-up assembly of 16 culturable soil microorganisms commonly found in plant rhizospheres, with tuned inoculum ratios and cryopreservation. N/A
  • PMID:36472419 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "Here, a model synthetic community (SynCom) of 16 soil microorganisms commonly found in the rhizosphere of diverse plant species, isolated from soil surrounding a single switchgrass plant, has been developed and optimized for in vitro experiments."