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It also decreased germination rates and affected shoot but not root length. Fruit decomposition decreased phyllosphere microbial diversity and strongly shifted the rhizosphere and phyllosphere community composition. The plant microbiome showed increased functions related to ligninolysis, methanol oxidation, methylotrophy, and xylanolysis, among others.\n                        <\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>These results provide evidence that fruits exert a postdispersal influence on the seedling environment and the early plant microbiome assembly. 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