Lisa Thoenen

The paper investigates how benzoxazinoid-conditioned soil microbiomes enhance Arabidopsis growth and defense through priming mechanisms.

The paper studies how synthetic communities of maize root bacteria interact to alter benzoxazinoid metabolization, leading to increased community tolerance and alternative degradation products.

This study examines how chemical stressors affect microbiomes across different food chain components, finding component-specific responses and shifts in microbial composition and stability.

The paper identifies BxdA, a lactonase in maize root bacteria, which enables metabolic adaptation to benzoxazinoids, enhancing bacterial growth under carbon limitation.