Bog ecosystems as a playground for plant-microbe coevolution: bryophytes and vascular plants harbour functionally adapted bacteria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bogs are unique ecosystems inhabited by distinctive, coevolved assemblages of organisms, which play a global role for carbon storage, climate stability, water quality and biodiversity. To understand ecology and plant-microbe co-occurrence in bogs, we selected 12 representative species of bryophytes and vascular plants and subjected them to a shotgun metagenomic sequencing approach. We explored specific plant-microbe associations as well as functional implications of the respective communities on their host plants and the bog ecosystem.

Results

Microbial communities were shown to be functionally adapted to their plant hosts; a higher colonization specificity was found for vascular plants. Bryophytes that commonly constitute the predominant Sphagnum layer in bogs we

SUBMITTER: Wicaksono WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359052 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature