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diversity of the species composition in the phyllosphere must be achieved.
Physiological experiments will have to analyse in more detail the mechanisms
forming the basis for the different interactions occurring between epiphyllic
microorganisms and the plant cuticle. Furthermore, an important question is
to what extent the aggregation of different epiphyllic species forming biofilms
increases their ecological fitness in the phyllosphere. Answering these questions
in the future will significantly help to improve our knowledge of the
microbial ecology of the phyllosphere.
Acknowledgements. The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support of this work
by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the FCI.
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