Leaf, root, and soil microbiomes of an invasive plant, Ardisia crenata, differ between its native and exotic ranges.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ecological underpinnings of the invasion success of exotic plants may be found in their interactions with microbes, either through the enemy release hypothesis and the enhanced mutualism hypothesis. Whereas recent high-throughput sequencing techniques have significantly expanded our understanding of plant-associated microbiomes and their functional guilds, few studies to date have used these techniques to compare the microbiome associated with invasive plants between their native and exotic ranges.

Methods

We extracted fungal and bacterial DNA within leaf endosphere, root endosphere and soil of an invasive plant, Ardisia crenata, sampled from their native range Japan and exotic range Florida, USA. Using Illumina sequencing data, we compared microbial comm

SUBMITTER: Nakamura N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10703299 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature