It has been rarely questioned as to whether the enrichment of specific bacterial taxa found in
the rhizosphere of a given plant species changes with different soil types under field
conditions and under similar climatic conditions. Understanding tree microbiome
interactions is essential because, in contrast to annual plants, tree species require decades
to grow and strongly depend on the nutritive resources of the soil. In this context, we tested
using a natural toposequence the hypothesis that beech trees select specific taxa and …