Hannah McMillan (@mcmicrobes.bsky.social)

Excited to see this out today! Great team effort from all involved, with intriguing implications linking carbohydrate-degrading potential to microbiome community composition throughout fruit development. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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Microbial community succession and dynamics during the season-long development of apple fruit (Malus × domestica) | Microbiology Spectrum Plant-associated microbes are not well-characterized in specialty crop systems. We describe the fungal and bacterial microbial communities colonizing the surface and interior of apple flowers and frui... https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02836-25