An Integrative View of the Phyllosphere Mycobiome of Native Rubber Trees in the Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT: The rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, is a neotropical Amazonian species. Despite its high economic value and fungi associated with native individuals, in its original area in Brazil, it has been scarcely investigated and only using culture-dependent methods. Herein, we integrated in silico approaches with novel field/experimental approaches and a case study of shotgun metagenomics and small RNA metatranscriptomics of an adult individual. Scientific literature, host fungus, and DNA databases are biased to fungal taxa, and are mainly related to rubber tree diseases and in non-native ecosystems. Metabarcoding retrieved specific phyllospheric core fungal communities of all individuals, adults, plantlets, and leaves of the same plant, unravelling hierarchical structured core mycobiomes.

SUBMITTER: Fonseca PLC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9025378 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature