Influence of Plant Fraction, Soil, and Plant Species on Microbiota: a Multikingdom Comparison.

ABSTRACT: Plant roots influence the soil microbiota via physical interaction, secretion, and plant immunity. However, it is unclear whether the root fraction or soil is more important in determining the structure of the prokaryotic or eukaryotic community and whether this varies between plant species. Furthermore, the leaf (phyllosphere) and root microbiotas have a large overlap; however, it is unclear whether this results from colonization of the phyllosphere by the root microbiota. Soil, rhizosphere, rhizoplane, and root endosphere prokaryote-, eukaryote-, and fungus-specific microbiotas of four plant species were analyzed with high-throughput sequencing. The strengths of factors controlling microbiota structure were determined using permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) stat

SUBMITTER: Tkacz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7002342 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature