PLOS Biology<p>A plant's <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/microbiome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiome</span></a> can protect it against detrimental bacterial strains. This study shows that competition among <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pseudomonas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pseudomonas</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> in synthetic bacterial communities determines how well they can protect <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Arabidopsis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabidopsis</span></a>; a single competitive strain can suffice <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PLOSBiology</span></a></span> <a href="https://plos.io/4o96mN1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/4o96mN1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>