“…Root exudates are a complex blend of high and low molecular weight compounds, many of which can induce chemotactic response in PGPR (Bais, Broeckling, & Vivanco, 2008). In the abundant literature on the subject, small sugars, amino acids, aromatic compounds and small organic acids are suggested to be important drivers of bacterial attraction in the rhizosphere (Bashan & Holguin, 1994;De Weert et al, 2002;Heinrich & Hess, 1985;Ling, Raza, Ma, Huang, & Shen, 2011;Neal, Ahmad, Gordon-Weeks, & Ton, 2012;Oku, Komatsu, Tajima, Nakashimada, & Kato, 2012;Parales & Harwood, 2002;Reinhold, Hurek, & Fendrik, 1985;Rudrappa, Czymmek, Paré, & Bais, 2008;Van Bastelaere et al, 1999). PGPR encodes for many chemoreceptors, which suggest a wide diversity of attracting molecules.…”