Root, Nodule and Soil Bacterial Communities Associated With the Invasive Nitrogen-Fixing <i>Lupinus polyphyllus</i>.

ABSTRACT: Plants host microorganisms that can facilitate their success in becoming invasive. Established plant invasions might thus provide useful insights into potential changes in plant-associated microbiomes over the course of the invasion process. Here, we investigated the endophytic bacterial communities of the invasive herbaceous legume Lupinus polyphyllus, which is able to form mutualistic associations with N-fixing bacteria. More specifically, we examined the alpha diversity (observed bacterial taxa richness and Shannon diversity) and composition of bacterial communities in roots and nodules sampled from core and edge locations within 10 established invasion sites (> 10 years old) in southwestern Finland. Moreover, we compared the alpha diversity and structure of bacterial communities

SUBMITTER: Ramula S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620983 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature