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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9413
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41301262, 41471213]
- National Key Basic Research Program of China [2015CB150503]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20130677]
- Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- 111 project [B12009]
- Qing Lan Project
- Imperial College Junior Research Fellowship
Host-associated bacterial communities can function as an important line of defence against pathogens in animals and plants. Empirical evidence and theoretical predictions suggest that species-rich communities are more resistant to pathogen invasions. Yet, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Here, we experimentally test how the underlying resource competition networks of resident bacterial communities affect invasion resistance to the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum in microcosms and in tomato plant rhizosphere. We find that bipartite resource competition networks are better predictors of invasion resistance compared with resident community diversity. Specifically, communities with a combination of stabilizing configurations (low nestedness and high connectance), and a clear niche overlap with the pathogen, reduce pathogen invasion success, constrain pathogen growth within invaded communities and have lower levels of diseased plants in greenhouse experiments. Bacterial resource competition network characteristics can thus be important in explaining positive diversity-invasion resistance relationships in bacterial rhizosphere communities.
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