Niche specificity and functional diversity of the bacterial communities associated with Ginkgo biloba and Panax quinquefolius.

ABSTRACT: Plant-associated bacteria can establish mutualistic relationships with plants to support plant health. Plant tissues represent heterogeneous niches with distinct characteristics and may thus host distinct microbial populations. The objectives of this study are to investigate the bacterial communities associated with two medicinally and commercially important plant species; Ginkgo biloba and Panax quinquefolius using high Throughput Sequencing (HTS) of 16S rRNA gene, and to evaluate the extent of heterogeneity in bacterial communities associated with different plant niches. Alpha diversity showed that number of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) varied significantly by tissue type. Beta diversity revealed that the composition of bacterial communities varied between tissue types. In Ginkgo b

SUBMITTER: Shehata HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8144622 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature