Wild Luteibacter populations exhibit climate-associated divergence and distinct genomic strategies for osmotic stress tolerance
Soil bacteria play a crucial role in supporting ecosystem health, yet little is known about how wild populations adapt to abiotic stressors, like limited water availability. We used 186 Luteibacter isolates from maize roots grown in never-irrigated prairie soils collected from a steep precipitation gradient in Kansas, US to test whether climate history is associated with osmotic stress tolerance…
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