Isolation and Molecular Characterization of the Romaine Lettuce Phylloplane Mycobiome.

ABSTRACT: Romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an important staple of American agriculture. Unlike many vegetables, romaine lettuce is typically consumed raw. Phylloplane microbes occur naturally on plant leaves; consumption of uncooked leaves includes consumption of phylloplane microbes. Despite this fact, the microbes that naturally occur on produce such as romaine lettuce are for the most part uncharacterized. In this study, we conducted culture-based studies of the fungal romaine lettuce phylloplane community from organic and conventionally grown samples. In addition to an enumeration of all such microbes, we define and provide a discussion of the genera that form the "core" romaine lettuce mycobiome, which represent 85.5% of all obtained isolates: Alternaria, Aureobasidium,

SUBMITTER: Haelewaters D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8067711 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature