Synthetic community (SynCom) approaches can provide functional and mechanistic insights into how plants regulate their microbiomes, and how the microbiome in turn influences plant growth and health. Microbial cultivation and reconstruction play pivotal roles in this process, which enables researchers to reproducibly investigate the interactions between plants and a major proportion of plant-associated microbes in controlled laboratory conditions. Here, we summarize the emergence, current achievements, and future opportunities for using SynCom experiments in plant microbiome research, with a focus on plant root-associated bacteria.

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根微生物学研究中的还原论者合成社区方法。

合成社区（SynCom）方法可以提供有关植物如何调控其微生物群落以及微生物组又如何影响植物生长和健康的功能和机理见解。微生物的培养和重建在此过程中起着关键作用，这使研究人员能够在可控的实验室条件下可重现性地研究植物与大部分与植物相关的微生物之间的相互作用。在这里，我们总结了在植物微生物组研究中使用SynCom实验的出现，当前的成就以及未来的机会，重点是与植物根相关的细菌。