Bacterial Communities in Boreal Forest Mushrooms Are Shaped Both by Soil Parameters and Host Identity.

ABSTRACT: Despite recent advances in understanding the microbiome of eukaryotes, little is known about microbial communities in fungi. Here we investigate the structure of bacterial communities in mushrooms, including common edible ones, with respect to biotic and abiotic factors in the boreal forest. Using a combination of culture-based and Illumina high-throughput sequencing, we characterized the bacterial communities in fruitbodies of fungi from eight genera spanning four orders of the class Agaricomycetes (Basidiomycota). Our results revealed that soil pH followed by fungal identity are the main determinants of the structure of bacterial communities in mushrooms. While almost half of fruitbody bacteria were also detected from soil, the abundance of several bacterial taxa differed considerably be

SUBMITTER: Pent M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423949 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature