Medicinal Plant Microbiomes: Factors Affecting Bacterial and Fungal Community Composition.

ABSTRACT: This exploratory study was designed to identify factors implicating microbial influence on medicinal plant metabolomes. Utilizing a whole-microbiome approach, amplicon sequencing was used to identify the makeup of fungal and bacterial assemblages from endophytic (interior) and epiphytic (external) environments in two different sets of congeneric host-plant pairs, with collection of multiple samples of two medicinal plant species (Actaea racemosa, Rhodiola rosea) and two generic analogs (Actaea rubra, Rhodiola integrifolia). Diversity analysis of microbial assemblages revealed the influence of three primary factors driving variance in microbial community composition: host-plant taxonomy, the compartmentalization of microbial communities within discrete plant parts, and the sca

SUBMITTER: Zagal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11816503 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature