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Trichoderma–Pseudomonas pairs show asymmetric heat responses: Trichoderma facilitates Pseudomonas putida KT2440 resistance and recovery, while Pseudomonas constrains Trichoderma biomass resistance and recovery after a 5-day 40°C heat event.
- Why it matters: Climate extremes are often tested in isolation, leaving uncertainty about how interacting fungi and bacteria jointly shape resistance and recovery, which affects nutrient cycling and plant productivity under heat.
- What they did: In soil microcosms, P. putida KT2440 was paired with four Trichoderma species and exposed to 40°C/32°C for 5 days plus 25°C/17°C for 14 days at 30% and 5% gravimetric water content, measuring bacterial CFUs and fungal ergosterol.
- The result: Trichoderma enhanced bacterial CFU resistance and recovery, and P. putida reduced fungal ergosterol resistance and recovery regardless of soil moisture; faster-growing Trichoderma linked to stronger bacterial facilitation, and bacterial density covaried positively with fungal biomass during heat stress.
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