Figure 3.

The competitive success of different yeast species on the apple surface (a) and in soil (b). The synthetic yeast community was sprayed on apples or inoculated into sterile soil and analysed at different time points (7–42 days after inoculation). (a) The total numbers of yeast colonies that were analysed for the apple experiment were 187 (day 0), 172 (day 7), 426 (day 14), and 584 (day 21). In total, six colonies could not be identified. (b) For the experiment in soil microcosms, 168 (day 0), 135 (day 14), 195 (day 28) and 129 (day 42) colonies were counted in total. Overall, 10 colonies could not be identified. All values represent the means of four replicates and standard errors are indicated. One example of at least two experiments with similar outcomes is shown