The spermosphere represents a short-lived, rapidly changing, and microbiologically dynamic zone of soil surrounding a germinating seed. It is analogous to the rhizosphere, being established largely by the carbon compounds released into the soil once the seed begins to hydrate. These seed exudations drive the microbial activities that take place in the spermosphere, many of which can have long-lasting impacts on plant growth and development as well as on plant health. In this review, I discuss the nature of the spermosphere habitat and the factors that give rise to its character, with emphasis on the types of microbial activities in the spermosphere that have important implications for disease development and biological disease control. This review, which represents the first comprehensive synthesis of the literature on spermosphere biology, is meant to illustrate the unique nature of the spermosphere and how studies of interactions in this habitat may serve as useful experimental models for testing hypotheses about plant-microbe associations and microbial ecology.

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精液中的微生物动力学和相互作用。

精液层代表了发芽种子周围土壤的短暂，快速变化和微生物动态区域。它类似于根际，一旦种子开始水合作用，则主要由释放到土壤中的碳化合物建立。这些种子的渗出驱动精子层中发生的微生物活动，其中许多活动可能对植物的生长发育以及植物健康产生长期影响。在这篇综述中，我讨论了精液圈栖息地的性质及其引起其特征的因素，重点是精液圈中微生物活动的类型，这些活动对疾病的发展和生物疾病的控制具有重要的意义。这篇评论代表了关于精子球生物学的文献的首次综合综述，