Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities Alter in Process to Mycorrhizal Developments of a Mixotrophic Pyrola japonica.

ABSTRACT: Rhizosphere bacteria work in synergy with mycorrhizal fungi to promote plant growth. The community structure of rhizosphere bacteria may be influenced by continuous changes in fungal associations with host plants. Asiatic herbaceous plant Pyrola japonica (Ericaceae) forms arbutoid mycorrhizas without fungal mantles, with its mycorrhizal development being visually distinguishable at the cellular level. This study aimed to investigate roles of rhizosphere bacteria and their community shifts along with mycorrhizal developments. We examined bacterial communities at three different developmental stages of mycorrhizal roots-limited, full, and digested-via a partial 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Both α- and β-diversities in the full condition were significantly lower than those in the limited and

SUBMITTER: Sakae K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11996954 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature