Insights Into the Mondia Whitei Microbiome Across Geographic Regions in Eastern Africa.

ABSTRACT: Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels is an essential medicinal plant in African societies. However, little is known about the plant's metabolome and its microbiota. Here, we examine the root endosphere and rhizosphere from five locations in Uganda using high-throughput amplicon sequencing, qPCR and multifactorial modelling. Root metabolite profiles obtained with GC/LC-MS were comprehensively catalogued through a deep literature survey using 516 sources. Plant roots were inhabited by microbiota ranging between 50 and 500 ASVs, also with an average microbial abundance of 10¹¹ gene (16SrRNA or ITS) copies per gram. The microbiota was dominated by Gammaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria, as well as Sordariomycetes, Dothideomycota, Eurotiomycetes and Agaricomycetes. We

SUBMITTER: Olimi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12475509 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature