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A multifactor analysis of fungal and bacterial community structure in the root microbiome of mature Populus deltoides trees.

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Shakya, M; Gottel, N; Castro, H; Yang, ZK; Gunter, L; Labbé, J; Muchero, W; Bonito, G; Vilgalys, R; Tuskan, G; Podar, M; Schadt, CW
Published in: PloS one
January 2013

Bacterial and fungal communities associated with plant roots are central to the host health, survival and growth. However, a robust understanding of the root-microbiome and the factors that drive host associated microbial community structure have remained elusive, especially in mature perennial plants from natural settings. Here, we investigated relationships of bacterial and fungal communities in the rhizosphere and root endosphere of the riparian tree species Populus deltoides, and the influence of soil parameters, environmental properties (host phenotype and aboveground environmental settings), host plant genotype (Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers), season (Spring vs. Fall) and geographic setting (at scales from regional watersheds to local riparian zones) on microbial community structure. Each of the trees sampled displayed unique aspects to its associated community structure with high numbers of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) specific to an individual trees (bacteria >90%, fungi >60%). Over the diverse conditions surveyed only a small number of OTUs were common to all samples within rhizosphere (35 bacterial and 4 fungal) and endosphere (1 bacterial and 1 fungal) microbiomes. As expected, Proteobacteria and Ascomycota were dominant in root communities (>50%) while other higher-level phylogenetic groups (Chytridiomycota, Acidobacteria) displayed greatly reduced abundance in endosphere compared to the rhizosphere. Variance partitioning partially explained differences in microbiome composition between all sampled roots on the basis of seasonal and soil properties (4% to 23%). While most variation remains unattributed, we observed significant differences in the microbiota between watersheds (Tennessee vs. North Carolina) and seasons (Spring vs. Fall). SSR markers clearly delineated two host populations associated with the samples taken in TN vs. NC, but overall host genotypic distances did not have a significant effect on corresponding communities that could be separated from other measured effects.

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PloS one

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1932-6203

ISSN

1932-6203

Publication Date

January 2013

Volume

8

Issue

10

Start / End Page

e76382

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Seasons
  • Rhizosphere
  • Populus
  • Plant Roots
  • Phylogeny
  • North Carolina
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Microbiota
 

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Shakya, M., Gottel, N., Castro, H., Yang, Z. K., Gunter, L., Labbé, J., … Schadt, C. W. (2013). A multifactor analysis of fungal and bacterial community structure in the root microbiome of mature Populus deltoides trees. PloS One, 8(10), e76382. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076382
Shakya, Migun, Neil Gottel, Hector Castro, Zamin K. Yang, Lee Gunter, Jessy Labbé, Wellington Muchero, et al. “A multifactor analysis of fungal and bacterial community structure in the root microbiome of mature Populus deltoides trees.PloS One 8, no. 10 (January 2013): e76382. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076382.
Shakya M, Gottel N, Castro H, Yang ZK, Gunter L, Labbé J, et al. A multifactor analysis of fungal and bacterial community structure in the root microbiome of mature Populus deltoides trees. PloS one. 2013 Jan;8(10):e76382.
Shakya, Migun, et al. “A multifactor analysis of fungal and bacterial community structure in the root microbiome of mature Populus deltoides trees.PloS One, vol. 8, no. 10, Jan. 2013, p. e76382. Epmc, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076382.
Shakya M, Gottel N, Castro H, Yang ZK, Gunter L, Labbé J, Muchero W, Bonito G, Vilgalys R, Tuskan G, Podar M, Schadt CW. A multifactor analysis of fungal and bacterial community structure in the root microbiome of mature Populus deltoides trees. PloS one. 2013 Jan;8(10):e76382.

Published In

PloS one

DOI

EISSN

1932-6203

ISSN

1932-6203

Publication Date

January 2013

Volume

8

Issue

10

Start / End Page

e76382

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Seasons
  • Rhizosphere
  • Populus
  • Plant Roots
  • Phylogeny
  • North Carolina
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Microbiota