Rhizobacteria opportunistically boost colonization and impair plant fitness by degrading plant-derived coumarins under iron deficiency

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Here, the authors show that rhizobacteria can utilize and detoxify simple coumarins secreted by iron-deficient plants, thereby enhancing their root colonization. This, in turn, hampers plant iron acquisition and impairs fitness.

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