Gongronella sp. w5 hydrolyzes plant sucrose and releases fructose to recruit phosphate-solubilizing bacteria to provide plants with phosphorus.

growth. This is the first report that plant-beneficial fungi could directly metabolize sucrose from plants and then recruit PSB to aid P acquisition by providing fructose. Our findings revealed the diversity in pathways of plant-fungi-PSB interactions on soil P acquisition and deepened our understanding of the cooperation of growth-promoting microorganisms in plant rhizosphere.