Prokaryotic taxa play keystone roles in the soil microbiome associated with woody perennial plants in the genus Buxus.

ABSTRACT: The microbiome associated with ornamental plants has largely been neglected, despite its potential for impacting plant health. This work characterized the composition, diversity, and microbial co-associations in the soil microbiome associated with species and cultivars of plant in the genus Buxus (common name boxwood), a group of woody perennial shrubs commonly used in residential landscapes and found in native ecosystems. Soil was collected from 82 individual curated boxwood accessions at the U.S. National Arboretum National Boxwood Collection. Amplicon libraries targeting archaea, bacteria, and fungi were generated and sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq platform. Identification of individual sequence variants resulted in 275 archaeal, 15,580 bacterial, and 7,525 fungal taxa. Neith

SUBMITTER: LeBlanc N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802073 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature