Phyllosphere epiphytic and endophytic fungal community and network structures differ in a tropical mangrove ecosystem.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Revealing the relationship between plants and fungi is very important in understanding biodiversity maintenance, community stability, and ecosystem functioning. However, differences in the community and network structures of phyllosphere epiphytic and endophytic fungi are currently poorly documented. In this study, we examined epiphytic and endophytic fungal communities associated with the leaves of six mangrove species using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences.

Results

A total of 635 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of endophytic and epiphytic fungi were obtained at a 97% sequence similarity level; they were dominated by Dothideomycetes and Tremellomycetes. Plant identity had a significant effect on the OTU richness of en

SUBMITTER: Yao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6456958 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature