Enterobacteriaceae dominate the core microbiome and contribute to the resistome of arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Arugula is a traditional medicinal plant and popular leafy green today. It is mainly consumed raw in the Western cuisine and known to contain various bioactive secondary metabolites. However, arugula has been also associated with high-profile outbreaks causing severe food-borne human diseases. A multiphasic approach integrating data from metagenomics, amplicon sequencing, and arugula-derived bacterial cultures was employed to understand the specificity of the indigenous microbiome and resistome of the edible plant parts.

Results

Our results indicate that arugula is colonized by a diverse, plant habitat-specific microbiota. The indigenous phyllosphere bacterial community was shown to be dominated by Enterobacteriaceae, which are well-equipped with various antibioti

SUBMITTER: Cernava T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352427 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature