Chemical warfare against competitors drives colonization success in plant microbiota

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Source: Stéphane Hacquard

Two natural chemicals - produced by a single bacterium - not only affect the structural organization of the root microbiota, but also act in concert to give the bacterium an advantage in colonizing and dominating the root niche.  

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