Pauline W. Wang

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that variation among 30 angiosperm species, which have diverged for up to 140 million years, affects root bacterial diversity and composition and the causes of variation in root microbiomes are emphasized.

TL;DR: Community diversity and lung function are greatest in patients less than 10 years of age and lower in older age groups, plateauing at approximately age 25, and lower community diversity correlates with worse lung function in a multivariate regression model.

TL;DR: The Next Generation Mapping (NGM) method as discussed by the authors uses a chastity statistic to quantify the relative contribution of the parental mutant and mapping lines to each SNP in the pooled F2 population, then uses this information to objectively localize the candidate mutation based on its exclusive segregation with the mutant parental line.

TL;DR: A robust phylogenetic foundation is provided for the study of these important virulence-associated phenotypes in P. syringae host colonization and pathogenesis and suggests there is a cost associated with the production of multiple toxins.

TL;DR: It is found that the leaf microbiota at the beginning of the season is very strongly influenced by the soil microbiota but, as the season progresses, it differentiates, becomes significantly less diverse, and transitions to having a greater proportion of leaf-specific taxa that are shared among all samples.