Exogenous Bacillus promotes enrichment of native microbes to assemble synthetic communities for plant growth promotion
Hui Nie1, Jingyi Zeng1, Qianqian Liu1, Xiongfei Zhang1, Lianhao Sun1, Jie Lin1, Chong Li2, Nan Wang3, Haidong Li1, Xin Liu1, * and Jinchi Zhang1, *
1.Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Restoration, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China; 2.Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1, Canada; 3.Center for Ecological Civilization Construction, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China *Corresponding authors.E-mails:liuxinswc@njfu.edu.cn(X.L.);zhangjc8811@gmail.com (J.Z.)
We thank everyone who contributed to the collection of the experimental data, especially Ms. Wensui Li and Mr. Lianhao Sun. We also thank the editor and reviewers, whose comments greatly improved the quality of this manuscript.
