Pervasive associations between dark septate endophytic fungi with tree root and soil microbiomes across Europe.

ABSTRACT: Trees interact with a multitude of microbes through their roots and root symbionts such as mycorrhizal fungi and root endophytes. Here, we explore the role of fungal root symbionts as predictors of the soil and root-associated microbiomes of widespread broad-leaved trees across a European latitudinal gradient. Our results suggest that, alongside factors such as climate, soil, and vegetation properties, root colonization by ectomycorrhizal, arbuscular mycorrhizal, and dark septate endophytic fungi also shapes tree-associated microbiomes. Notably, the structure of root and soil microbiomes across our sites is more strongly and consistently associated with dark septate endophyte colonization than with mycorrhizal colonization and many abiotic factors. Root colonization by dark septate endophy

SUBMITTER: Netherway T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10761831 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature