Pyrosequencing reveals regional differences in fruit-associated fungal communities.

ABSTRACT: We know relatively little of the distribution of microbial communities generally. Significant work has examined a range of bacterial communities, but the distribution of microbial eukaryotes is less well characterized. Humans have an ancient association with grape vines (Vitis vinifera) and have been making wine since the dawn of civilization, and fungi drive this natural process. While the molecular biology of certain fungi naturally associated with vines and wines is well characterized, complementary investigations into the ecology of fungi associated with fruiting plants is largely lacking. DNA sequencing technologies allow the direct estimation of microbial diversity from a given sample, avoiding culture-based biases. Here, we use deep community pyrosequencing approaches, targeted at t

SUBMITTER: Taylor MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4257574 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature