Analysis of Internal and External Microorganism Community of Wild Cicada Flowers and Identification of the Predominant Cordyceps cicadae Fungus.

ABSTRACT: The parasitoid fungus Cordyceps cicadae, whose fruiting bodies are known in China as "chan hua," literally "cicada flower," has been used as a traditional Chinese medicinal ingredient for centuries. However, systematic disclosure of the vital factors responsible for the formation of wild cicada flower is limited. Here, we determined the physicochemical properties of soil and simultaneously analyzed the diversities and the structures of microbial community inhabiting the coremia, sclerotia, and soil around wild cicada flowers through high-throughput sequencing. Our results indicated that cicada flower more preferentially occurred in acidic soil (pH 5.9) with abundant moisture content (MC), total nitrogen (TN), and organic matter (OM). The dominant fungal genera in soil mainly include

SUBMITTER: Huang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8656164 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature