Tree phyllosphere bacterial communities: exploring the magnitude of intra- and inter-individual variation among host species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diversity and composition of the microbial community of tree leaves (the phyllosphere) varies among trees and host species and along spatial, temporal, and environmental gradients. Phyllosphere community variation within the canopy of an individual tree exists but the importance of this variation relative to among-tree and among-species variation is poorly understood. Sampling techniques employed for phyllosphere studies include picking leaves from one canopy location to mixing randomly selected leaves from throughout the canopy. In this context, our goal was to characterize the relative importance of intra-individual variation in phyllosphere communities across multiple species, and compare this variation to inter-individual and interspecific variation of phyllosphe

SUBMITTER: Laforest-Lapointe I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5012278 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature