%0 Journal Article
%A Bonkowski, Michael
%A Tarkka, Mika
%A Razavi, Bahar S.
%A Schmidt, Hannes
%A Blagodatskaya, Evgenia
%A Koller, Robert
%A Yu, Peng
%A Knief, Claudia
%A Hochholdinger, Frank
%A Vetterlein, Doris
%T Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Maize (Zea mays L.) Root Growth and Its Potential Consequences for the Assembly of the Rhizosphere Microbiota
%J Frontiers in microbiology
%V 12
%@ 1664-302X
%C Lausanne
%I Frontiers Media
%M FZJ-2021-06064
%P 619499
%D 2021
%X Numerous studies have shown that plants selectively recruit microbes from the soil to establish a complex, yet stable and quite predictable microbial community on their roots – their “microbiome.” Microbiome assembly is considered as a key process in the self-organization of root systems. A fundamental question for understanding plant-microbe relationships is where a predictable microbiome is formed along the root axis and through which microbial dynamics the stable formation of a microbiome is challenged. Using maize as a model species for which numerous data on dynamic root traits are available, this mini-review aims to give an integrative overview on the dynamic nature of root growth and its consequences for microbiome assembly based on theoretical considerations from microbial community ecology.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:33815308
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000635152300001
%R 10.3389/fmicb.2021.619499
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904494