Phyllosphere bacterial and fungal communities vary with host species identity, plant traits and seasonality in a subtropical forest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Phyllosphere microbes play important roles in host plant performance and fitness. Recent studies have suggested that tropical and temperate forests harbor diverse phyllosphere bacterial and fungal communities and their assembly is driven by host species identity and plant traits. However, no study has yet examined how seasonality (e.g. dry vs. wet seasons) influences phyllosphere microbial community assembly in natural forests. In addition, in subtropical forests characterized as the transitional zonal vegetation type from tropical to temperate forests, how tree phyllosphere microbial communities are assembled remains unknown. In this study, we quantified bacterial and fungal community structure and diversity on the leaves of 45 tree species with varying phylogenetic ide

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9185928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature