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Liu X, Liu L, Gong J, Zhang L, Jiang Q, Huang K, Ding W. Soil conditions on bacterial wilt disease affect bacterial and fungal assemblage in the rhizosphere. AMB Express 2022; 12:110. [PMID: 36036292 PMCID: PMC9424452 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-022-01455-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Natural soil has the ability to suppress the soil-borne pathogen to a certain extent, and the assemblage of soil microbiome plays a crucial role in maintaining such ability. Long-term monoculture accelerates the forms of soil microbiome and leads to either disease conducive or suppressive soils. Here, we explored the impact of soil conditions on bacterial wilt disease (healthy or diseased) under long-term tobacco monoculture on the assemblage of bacterial and fungal communities in bulk and rhizosphere soils during the growth periods. With Illumina sequencing, we compared the bacterial and fungal composition of soil samples from tobacco bacterial wilt diseased fields and healthy fields in three growth periods. We found that Proteobacteria and Ascomycota were the most abundant phylum for bacteria and fungi, respectively. Factors of soil conditions and tobacco growth periods can significantly influence the microbial composition in bulk soil samples, while the factor of soil conditions mainly determined the microbial composition in rhizosphere soil samples. Next, rhizosphere samples were further analyzed with LEfSe to determine the discriminative taxa affected by the factor of soil conditions. For bacteria, the genus Ralstonia was found in the diseased soils, whereas the genus Flavobacterium was the only shared taxon in healthy soils; for fungi, the genus Chaetomium was the most significant taxon in healthy soils. Besides, network analysis confirmed that the topologies of networks of healthy soils were higher than that of diseased soils. Together, our results suggest that microbial assemblage in the rhizosphere will be largely affected by soil conditions especially after long-term monoculture.
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- Xiaojiao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding in Ministry of Agriculture, College of Sericulture, Textile and Biomass Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.,Microecological Process and Regulation Key Laboratory, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Microecological Process and Regulation Key Laboratory, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Microecological Process and Regulation Key Laboratory, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Microecological Process and Regulation Key Laboratory, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Microecological Process and Regulation Key Laboratory, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Microecological Process and Regulation Key Laboratory, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.,Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Corporation, Henan, 450001, China
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- Microecological Process and Regulation Key Laboratory, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Li J, Zhang L, Yao G, Zhu L, Lin J, Wang C, Du B, Ding Y, Mei X. Synergistic effect of co-culture rhizosphere Streptomyces: A promising strategy to enhance antimicrobial activity and plant growth-promoting function. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:976484. [PMID: 36033877 PMCID: PMC9403869 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.976484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rhizosphere Streptomyces is one of the important types of rhizosphere microorganisms that plays an important role in promoting plant growth and controlling plant diseases to maintain agricultural ecosystem balance and green ecological agriculture development as beneficial bacteria. Microbial co-culture simulates the complex biocommunity in nature, which has more advantages than the monoculture with a synergistic effect. As the key signal mediums of microorganisms, plants, and their interactions, microbial metabolites are of great significance in revealing their functional mechanism. In this study, two potential plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, Streptomyces albireticuli MDJK11, and Streptomyces alboflavus MDJK44, were selected to explore the effects of co-culture and monoculture on plant growth promotion and disease prevention, and the metabolic material basis was analyzed by metabonomics. Results showed that Streptomyces MDJK11, MDJK44 monoculture, and co-culture condition all showed good growth promoting and antimicrobial effects. Moreover, as compared to the monoculture, the co-culture showed the advantage of a synergistic enhancement effect. LC-MS-based metabonomics analysis showed the metabolic material bases of Streptomyces for plant growth promotion and disease prevention were mainly plant hormone and antibiotics and the co-culture condition could significantly stimulate the production of plant hormone promoters and macrolide, cyclic peptide, and aminoglycoside antibiotics. The study proved that the co-cultures of S. albireticuli MDJK11 and S. alboflavus MDJK44 have great potential in crop growth promotion and disease prevention.
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- Jing Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- College of life sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- College of life sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- College of life sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- College of life sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
- *Correspondence: Yanqin Ding,
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
- Xiangui Mei,
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Li X, Chu Y, Jia Y, Yue H, Han Z, Wang Y. Changes to bacterial communities and soil metabolites in an apple orchard as a legacy effect of different intercropping plants and soil management practices. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:956840. [PMID: 36003931 PMCID: PMC9393497 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.956840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Intercropping is an important soil management practice for increasing orchard productivity and land-use efficiency because it has beneficial effects on soil microbial communities and soil properties. However, there is relatively little information available regarding the effects of different crops/grasses on soil microbial communities and soil metabolic products in apple orchards in arid and semi-arid regions. In this study, we showed the microbial communities of apple, intercropping plants, and sandy waste soil, using the third-generation PacBio SMRT long-read sequencing technology. Our results also revealed that the microbial communities and soil metabolic properties differed significantly between apple and the sandy waste soil and the intercropping plants. Intercropping could significantly enrich diverse microbial species, microbial nitrogen, and microbial carbon of soil. Moreover, intercropping with licorice showed better effects in recruiting beneficial microbes, compared to grass and pepper, significantly enriching species belonging to some well-known taxa with beneficial effects, including Bacillus, Ensifer, Paenibacillus, Rhizobium, and Sphingomonas. Thus, intercropping with licorice may improve apple tree growth and disease resistance. Furthermore, Bradyrhizobium and Rubrobacter were included among the keystone taxa of apple, whereas Bacillus, Chitinophaga, Stenotrophobacter, Rubrobacter, and Luteimonas were the keystone taxa of the intercropping plants. The results of our study suggest that intercropping with licorice is a viable option for increasing apple orchard productivity.
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- Xiaolong Li
- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Institute of Horticulture, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Zhenhai Han
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- College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yi Wang
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Characterization of the Soil Bacterial Community from Selected Boxwood Gardens across the United States. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10081514. [PMID: 35893572 PMCID: PMC9330173 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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In a recent study, we observed a rapid decline of the boxwood blight pathogen Calonectria pseudonaviculata (Cps) soil population in all surveyed gardens across the United States, and we speculated that these garden soils might be suppressive to Cps. This study aimed to characterize the soil bacterial community in these boxwood gardens. Soil samples were taken from one garden in California, Illinois, South Carolina, and Virginia and two in New York in early summer and late fall of 2017 and 2018. Soil DNA was extracted and its 16S rRNA amplicons were sequenced using the Nanopore MinION® platform. These garden soils were consistently dominated by Rhizobiales and Burkholderiales, regardless of garden location and sampling time. These two orders contain many species or strains capable of pathogen suppression and plant fitness improvement. Overall, 66 bacterial taxa were identified in this study that are known to have strains with biological control activity (BCA) against plant pathogens. Among the most abundant were Pseudomonas spp. and Bacillus spp., which may have contributed to the Cps decline in these garden soils. This study highlights the importance of soil microorganisms in plant health and provides a new perspective on garden disease management using the soil microbiome.
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Zhang L, Yi M, Lu P. Effects of pyrene on the structure and metabolic function of soil microbial communities. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 305:119301. [PMID: 35429592 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The widely detected pyrene (PYR) is prone to accumulate and pose risks to the soil ecosystem. In this study, an aerobic closed microcosm was constructed to assess the effects of PYR at the environmental concentration (12.09 mg kg-1) on the structure, interactions, and metabolism of carbon sources of soil microbial communities. The results found that half-life of PYR was 37 d and its aerobic biodegradation was mainly implemented by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria as revealed by the quantitative results. High-throughput sequencing based on 16 S rRNA and ITS genes showed that PYR exposure interfered more significantly with the diversity and abundance of the bacterial community than that of the fungal community. For bacteria, rare species were sensitive to PYR, while Gemmatimonadota, Gaiellales, and Planococcaceae involved in organic pollutants detoxification and degradation were tolerant of PYR stress. Co-occurrence network analysis demonstrated that PYR enhanced the intraspecific cooperation within the bacterial community and altered the patterns of trophic interaction in the fungal community. Furthermore, the keystone taxa and their topological roles were altered, potentially inducing functionality changes. Function annotation suggested PYR inhibited the nitrogen fixation and ammonia oxidation processes but stimulated methylotrophy and methanol oxidation, especially on day 7. For the metabolism, microbial communities accelerated the metabolism of nitrogenous carbon sources (e.g. amine) to meet the physiological needs under PYR stress. This study clarifies the impacts of PYR on the structure, metabolism, and potential N and C cycling functions of soil microbial communities, deepening the knowledge of the environmental risks of PYR.
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- Lilan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China
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Wang H, Wu C, Zhang H, Xiao M, Ge T, Zhou Z, Liu Y, Peng S, Peng P, Chen J. Characterization of the belowground microbial community and co-occurrence networks of tobacco plants infected with bacterial wilt disease. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:155. [PMID: 35796795 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03347-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Characterizing the microbial communities associated with soil-borne disease incidence is a key approach in understanding the potential role of microbes in protecting crops from pathogens. In this study, we compared the soil properties and microbial composition of the rhizosphere soil and roots of healthy and bacterial wilt-infected tobacco plants to assess their potential influence on plant health. Our results revealed that the relative abundance of pathogens was higher in diseased plants than in healthy plants. Moreover, compared with healthy plants, there was a significantly higher microbial alpha diversity in the roots and rhizosphere soil of diseased plants. In addition, we detected a lower abundance of certain plant microbiota, including species in the genera Penicillium, Trichoderma, and Burkholderia in the rhizosphere of diseased plants, which were found to be significantly negatively associated with the relative abundance of Ralstonia. Indeed, compared with healthy plants, the co-occurrence networks of diseased plants included a larger number of associations linked to plant health. Furthermore, structural equation modeling revealed that these specific microbes were correlated with disease suppression, thereby implying that they may play important roles in maintaining plant health. In conclusion, our findings provide important insights into the relationships between soil-borne disease incidence and changes in the belowground microbial community. These findings will serve as a basis for further research investigating the use of specific plant-associated genera to inhibit soil-borne diseases.
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- Haiting Wang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410004, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410004, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410004, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China.
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Microhabitat Governs the Microbiota of the Pinewood Nematode and Its Vector Beetle: Implication for the Prevalence of Pine Wilt Disease. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0078322. [PMID: 35758726 PMCID: PMC9430308 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00783-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Our understanding of environmental acquisition of microbes and migration-related alteration of microbiota across habitats has rapidly increased. However, in complex life cycles, such as for many parasites, exactly how these microbes are transmitted across multiple environments, such as hosts and habitats, is unknown. Pinewood nematode, the causal agent of the globally devastating pine wilt disease, provides an ideal model to study the role of microbiota in multispecies interactions because its successful host invasion depends on the interactions among its vector insects, pine hosts, and associated microbes. Here, we studied the role of bacterial and fungal communities involved in the nematode’s life cycle across different micro- (pupal chamber, vector beetle, and dispersal nematodes) and macrohabitats (geographical locations). We identified the potential sources, selection processes, and keystone taxa involved in the host pine-nematode-vector beetle microbiota interactions. Nearly 50% of the microbiota in vector beetle tracheae and ~60% that of third-stage dispersal juveniles were derived from the host pine (pupal chambers), whereas 90% of bacteria of fourth-stage dispersal juveniles originated from vector beetle tracheae. Our results also suggest that vector beetles’ tracheae selectively acquire some key taxa from the microbial community of the pupal chambers. These taxa will be then enriched in the dispersal nematodes traveling in the tracheae and hence likely transported to new host trees. Taken together, our findings contribute to the critical information toward a better understanding of the role of microbiota in pine wilt disease, therefore aiding the knowledge for the development of future biological control agents. IMPORTANCE Our understanding of animal microbiota acquisition and dispersal-mediated variation has rapidly increased. In this study, using the model of host pine-pinewood nematode-vector beetle (Monochamus sp.) complex, we disentangled the routes of microbial community assembly and transmission mechanisms among these different participants responsible for highly destructive pine wilt disease. We provide evidence that the microhabitat is the driving force shaping the microbial community of these participants. The microbiota of third-stage dispersal juveniles (LIII) of the nematodes collected around pupal chambers and of vector beetles were mainly derived from the host pine (pupal chambers), whereas the vector-entering fourth-stage dispersal juveniles (LIV) of the nematodes had the simplest microbiota community, not influencing vector’s microbiota. These findings enhanced our understanding of the variation in the microbiota of plants and animals and shed light on microbiota acquisition in complex life cycles.
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Wang Z, Zhang Y, Bo G, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Shen M, Zhang P, Li G, Zhou J, Li Z, Yang J. Ralstonia solanacearum Infection Disturbed the Microbiome Structure Throughout the Whole Tobacco Crop Niche as Well as the Nitrogen Metabolism in Soil. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:903555. [PMID: 35800334 PMCID: PMC9253565 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.903555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Infections of Ralstonia solanacearum result in huge agricultural and economic losses. As known, the proposal of effective biological measures for the control of soil disease depends on the complex interactions between pathogens, soil microbiota and soil properties, which remains to be studied. Previous studies have shown that the phosphorus availability increased pathobiome abundance and infection of rhizosphere microbial networks by Ralstonia. Similarly, as a nutrient necessary for plant growth, nitrogen has also been suggested to be strongly associated with Ralstonia infection. To further reveal the relationship between soil nitrogen content, soil nitrogen metabolism and Ralstonia pathogens, we investigated the effects of R. solanacearum infection on the whole tobacco niche and its soil nitrogen metabolism. The results demonstrated that Ralstonia infection resulted in a reduction of the ammonium nitrogen in soil and the total nitrogen in plant. The microbes in rhizosphere and the plant’s endophytes were also significantly disturbed by the infection. Rhodanobacter which is involved in nitrogen metabolism significantly decreased. Moreover, the load of microbial nitrogen metabolism genes in the rhizosphere soil significantly varied after the infection, resulting in a stronger denitrification process in the diseased soil. These results suggest that the application management strategies of nitrogen fertilizing and a balanced regulation of the rhizosphere and the endophytic microbes could be promising strategies in the biological control of soil-borne secondary disasters.
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- Zhaobao Wang
- Energy-Rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Energy-Rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Energy-Rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Grassland Agri-Husbandry Research Center, College of Grassland Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Energy-Rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Energy-Rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd., Kunming, China
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- Energy-Rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
- *Correspondence: Jianming Yang,
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Zhang J, Ahmed W, Dai Z, Zhou X, He Z, Wei L, Ji G. Microbial Consortia: An Engineering Tool to Suppress Clubroot of Chinese Cabbage by Changing the Rhizosphere Bacterial Community Composition. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11060918. [PMID: 35741438 PMCID: PMC9219690 DOI: 10.3390/biology11060918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Clubroot disease, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a serious threat to Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) production, which results in extensive yield losses. At present, clubroot control mainly depends upon pesticides, which provoke food-safety concerns, and the application of sole biocontrol agents cannot successfully control the disease. In this study, we investigated the effect of Bacillus cereus BT-23, Lysobacter antibioticus 13-6, and Lysobacter capsici ZST1-2 as sole strains, intra-/inter-genus co-culture, and microbial consortia on clubroot disease, plant growth, and rhizosphere bacterial diversity in a field experiment. The microbial consortia efficiently controlled the incidence of clubroot disease, with a biocontrol effect of about 65.78%, by decreasing the soil acidity and enhancing the yield (17,662.49 kg/acre). The high-throughput sequencing results demonstrated that the phyla Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were present in high relative abundance in the rhizosphere soil of the Chinese cabbage. Furthermore, Firmicutes was found as a unique phylum in the rhizosphere soil of CK-H and T1-T7, except for CK-D. The application of microbial consortia recovers the imbalance in indigenous microbial communities. Therefore, we conclude that microbial consortia can reduce the clubroot incidence in Chinese cabbage by decreasing the soil acidity and altering the diversity and structure of rhizosphere bacterial communities. This study highlights the potential of microbial consortia as an engineering tool to control devastating soilborne diseases in commercial crops.
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- Jinhao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; (J.Z.); (W.A.); (Z.D.); (X.Z.); (Z.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; (J.Z.); (W.A.); (Z.D.); (X.Z.); (Z.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; (J.Z.); (W.A.); (Z.D.); (X.Z.); (Z.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; (J.Z.); (W.A.); (Z.D.); (X.Z.); (Z.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; (J.Z.); (W.A.); (Z.D.); (X.Z.); (Z.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; (J.Z.); (W.A.); (Z.D.); (X.Z.); (Z.H.)
- Agricultural Foundation Experiment Teaching Center, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
- Correspondence: (L.W.); (G.J.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; (J.Z.); (W.A.); (Z.D.); (X.Z.); (Z.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
- Correspondence: (L.W.); (G.J.)
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Adedayo AA, Babalola OO, Prigent-Combaret C, Cruz C, Stefan M, Kutu F, Glick BR. The application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in Solanum lycopersicum production in the agricultural system: a review. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13405. [PMID: 35669957 PMCID: PMC9165593 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Food safety is a significant challenge worldwide, from plantation to cultivation, especially for perishable products such as tomatoes. New eco-friendly strategies are needed, and beneficial microorganisms might be a sustainable solution. This study demonstrates bacteria activity in the tomato plant rhizosphere. Further, it investigates the rhizobacteria's structure, function, and diversity in soil. Rhizobacteria that promote the growth and development of tomato plants are referred to as plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPR). They form a series of associations with plants and other organisms in the soil through a mutualistic relationship where both parties benefit from living together. It implies the antagonistic activities of the rhizobacteria to deter pathogens from invading tomato plants through their roots. Some PGPR are regarded as biological control agents that hinder the development of spoilage organisms and can act as an alternative for agricultural chemicals that may be detrimental to the health of humans, animals, and some of the beneficial microbes in the rhizosphere soil. These bacteria also help tomato plants acquire essential nutrients like potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), phosphorus (P), and nitrogen (N). Some rhizobacteria may offer a solution to low tomato production and help tackle food insecurity and farming problems. In this review, an overview of soil-inhabiting rhizobacteria focused on improving the sustainable production of Solanum lycopersicum.
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- Afeez Adesina Adedayo
- Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculty of Biology, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty of Agiculture and Natural Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Reductive Soil Disinfestation Enhances Microbial Network Complexity and Function in Intensively Cropped Greenhouse Soil. HORTICULTURAE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8060476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Reductive soil disinfestation (RSD) is an effective practice to eliminate plant pathogens and improve the soil microbial community. However, little is known about how RSD treatment affects microbial interactions and functions. Previous study has shown that RSD-regulated microbiomes may degenerate after re-planting with former crops, while the effect of planting with different crops is still unclear. Here, the effects of both RSD treatment and succession planting with different crops on microbial community composition, interactions, and functions were investigated. Results showed that RSD treatment improves the soil microbial community, decreases the relative abundance of plant pathogens, and effectively enhances microbial interactions and functions. The microbial network associated with RSD treatment was more complex and connected. The functions of hydrocarbon (C, H), nitrogen (N), and sulfur (S) cycling were significantly increased in RSD-treated soil, while the functions of bacterial and fungal plant pathogens were decreased. Furthermore, the bacterial and fungal communities present in the RSD-treated soil, and soil succession planted with different crops, were found to be significantly different compared to untreated soil. In summary, we report that RSD treatment can improve soil quality by regulating the interactions of microbial communities and multifunctionality.
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Fusarium fruiting body microbiome member Pantoea agglomerans inhibits fungal pathogenesis by targeting lipid rafts. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:831-843. [PMID: 35618775 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01131-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Plant-pathogenic fungi form intimate interactions with their associated bacterial microbiota during their entire life cycle. However, little is known about the structure, functions and interaction mechanisms of bacterial communities associated with fungal fruiting bodies (perithecia). Here we examined the bacterial microbiome of perithecia formed by Fusarium graminearum, the major pathogenic fungus causing Fusarium head blight in cereals. A total of 111 shared bacterial taxa were identified in the microbiome of 65 perithecium samples collected from 13 geographic locations. Within a representative culture collection, 113 isolates exhibited antagonistic activity against F. graminearum, with Pantoea agglomerans ZJU23 being the most efficient in reducing fungal growth and infectivity. Herbicolin A was identified as the key antifungal compound secreted by ZJU23. Genetic and chemical approaches led to the discovery of its biosynthetic gene cluster. Herbicolin A showed potent in vitro and in planta efficacy towards various fungal pathogens and fungicide-resistant isolates, and exerted a fungus-specific mode of action by directly binding and disrupting ergosterol-containing lipid rafts. Furthermore, herbicolin A exhibited substantially higher activity (between 5- and 141-fold higher) against the human opportunistic fungal pathogens Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans in comparison with the clinically used fungicides amphotericin B and fluconazole. Its mode of action, which is distinct from that of other antifungal drugs, and its efficacy make herbicolin A a promising antifungal drug to combat devastating fungal pathogens, both in agricultural and clinical settings.
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Tian H, Koski TM, Zhao L, Liu Z, Sun J. Invasion History of the Pinewood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Influences the Abundance of Serratia sp. in Pupal Chambers and Tracheae of Insect-Vector Monochamus alternatus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:856841. [PMID: 35668811 PMCID: PMC9164154 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.856841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Pine wilt disease (PWD) has caused extensive mortality in pine forests worldwide. This disease is a result of a multi-species interaction among an invasive pinewood nematode (PWN) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, its vector Monochamus sp. beetle, and the host pine tree (Pinus sp.). In other systems, microbes have been shown to attenuate negative impacts on invasive species after the invasion has reached a certain time point. Despite that the role of PWD associated microbes involved in the PWD system has been widely studied, it is not known whether similar antagonistic "hidden microbial players" exist in this system due to the lack of knowledge about the potential temporal changes in the composition of associated microbiota. In this study, we investigated the bacteria-to-fungi ratio and isolated culturable bacterial isolates from pupal chambers and vector beetle tracheae across five sampling sites in China differing in the duration of PWN invasion. We also tested the pathogenicity of two candidate bacteria strains against the PWN-vector beetle complex. A total of 118 bacterial species belonging to 4 phyla, 30 families, and 54 genera were classified based on 16S sequencing. The relative abundance of the genus Serratia was lower in pupal chambers and tracheae in newly PWN invaded sites (<10 years) compared to the sites that had been invaded for more than 20 years. Serratia marcescens strain AHPC29 was widely distributed across all sites and showed nematicidal activity against PWN. The insecticidal activity of this strain was dependent on the life stage of the vector beetle Monochamus alternatus: no insecticidal activity was observed against final-instar larvae, whereas S. marcescens was highly virulent against pupae. Our findings improved the understanding of the temporal variation in the microbial community associated with the PWN-vector beetle complex and the progress of PWD and can therefore facilitate the development of biological control agents against PWN and its vector beetle.
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- Haokai Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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Iquebal MA, Jagannadham J, Jaiswal S, Prabha R, Rai A, Kumar D. Potential Use of Microbial Community Genomes in Various Dimensions of Agriculture Productivity and Its Management: A Review. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:708335. [PMID: 35655999 PMCID: PMC9152772 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.708335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Agricultural productivity is highly influenced by its associated microbial community. With advancements in omics technology, metagenomics is known to play a vital role in microbial world studies by unlocking the uncultured microbial populations present in the environment. Metagenomics is a diagnostic tool to target unique signature loci of plant and animal pathogens as well as beneficial microorganisms from samples. Here, we reviewed various aspects of metagenomics from experimental methods to techniques used for sequencing, as well as diversified computational resources, including databases and software tools. Exhaustive focus and study are conducted on the application of metagenomics in agriculture, deciphering various areas, including pathogen and plant disease identification, disease resistance breeding, plant pest control, weed management, abiotic stress management, post-harvest management, discoveries in agriculture, source of novel molecules/compounds, biosurfactants and natural product, identification of biosynthetic molecules, use in genetically modified crops, and antibiotic-resistant genes. Metagenomics-wide association studies study in agriculture on crop productivity rates, intercropping analysis, and agronomic field is analyzed. This article is the first of its comprehensive study and prospects from an agriculture perspective, focusing on a wider range of applications of metagenomics and its association studies.
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- Mir Asif Iquebal
- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- School of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, India
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Wu X, Liu Z, Li M, Bartlam M, Wang Y. Integrated metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis reveals actively expressed antibiotic resistomes in the plastisphere. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 430:128418. [PMID: 35144012 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The plastisphere is viewed as a reservoir for the antibiotic resistome in water environments and may pose health concerns. However, the expression profiles of the resistome in the plastisphere are largely unknown. Here, we profiled the occurrence, abundance, and transcriptional level of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), plasmid associated ARGs, microbial composition and ARG bacterial hosts in the plastisphere and urban river water using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, metagenomic sequencing, and metatranscriptomic sequencing methods. A total of 173 ARGs conferring resistance to 24 major classes of antibiotics commonly prescribed to humans and animals were detected in the plastisphere. Of these, 75 genes were observed with transcriptional activity, indicating that the antibiotic resistome in the plastisphere was not only present, but also actively expressed. Human pathogens belonging to family Enterobacteriaceae were identified as bacterial hosts of ARGs in the plastisphere. The opportunistic and multidrug resistant human pathogen Enterobacter cloacae was found to actively express tetG and confer tetracycline resistance to the plastisphere. Furthermore, 39 genes were identified as "plasmid associated ARGs" in the plastisphere, displaying a higher proportion of transcript abundance compared with water. The above results suggest that the plastisphere is a hotspot for antibiotic resistome acquisition, expression, and dissemination.
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- Xiaojian Wu
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai International Advanced Research Institute (Shenzhen Futian), Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai International Advanced Research Institute (Shenzhen Futian), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai International Advanced Research Institute (Shenzhen Futian), Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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Jia H, Muhae-Ud-Din G, Zhang H, Zong Q, Zhao S, Guo Q, Chen W, Gao L. Characterization of Rhizosphere Microbial Communities for Disease Incidence and Optimized Concentration of Difenoconazole Fungicide for Controlling of Wheat Dwarf Bunt. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:853176. [PMID: 35615520 PMCID: PMC9125210 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.853176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rhizosphere soil microorganisms have great agricultural importance. To explore the relationship between rhizosphere microorganisms and the disease incidence, and to optimize the concentration of difenoconazole fungicide for the control of wheat dwarf bunt, caused by Tilletia controversa Kühn, the rhizosphere microorganisms were characterized based on sequencing methods. We found that the disease incidence correlated with the relative abundance of some microbial communities, such as Acidobacteria, Nocardioides, Roseiflexaceae, Pyrinomonadaceae, and Gemmatimonadaceae. Actinobacteria showed significant differences in the infected soils when compared to the control soils, and the relative abundance of Acidobacteria, Pyrinomonadaceae, Gemmatimonadaceae, and Saccharimonadales populations was distinctly higher in the T. controversa-inoculated group than in the control group. The members of Dehalococcoidia, Nitrosomonadaceae, and Thermomicrobiales were found only in T. controversa-inoculated soils, and these taxa may have potential effects against the pathogen and contribute to disease control of wheat dwarf bunt. In addition, for T. controversa-infected plants, the soil treated with difenoconazole showed a high relative abundance of Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Mortierellomycota, and Olpidiomycota based on the heatmap analysis and ANOVA. Our findings suggest that the optimized concentration of fungicide (5% recommended difenoconazole) exhibits better control efficiency and constant diversity in the rhizosphere soil.
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- Huanyu Jia
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory at Universities of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resource Utilization, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Agricultural Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- Key Laboratory at Universities of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resource Utilization, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Agricultural Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Li Gao,
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The Effects of Plant Health Status on the Community Structure and Metabolic Pathways of Rhizosphere Microbial Communities Associated with Solanum lycopersicum. HORTICULTURAE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8050404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Powdery mildew disease caused by Oidium neolycopersici is one of the major diseases affecting tomato production in South Africa. Interestingly, limited studies exist on how this disease affects the community structure microbial communities associated with tomato plants employing shotgun metagenomics. In this study, we assess how the health status of a tomato plant affects the diversity of the rhizosphere microbial community. We collected soil samples from the rhizosphere of healthy (HR) and diseased (DR; powdery mildew infected) tomatoes, alongside bulk soil (BR), extracted DNA, and did sequencing using shotgun metagenomics. Our results demonstrated that the rhizosphere microbiome alongside some specific functions were abundant in HR followed by DR and bulk soil (BR) in the order HR > DR > BR. We found eighteen (18) bacterial phyla abundant in HR, including Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, Aquificae, Bacteroidetes, etc. The dominant fungal phyla include; Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, while the prominent archaeal phyla are Thaumarchaeota, Crenarchaeota, and Euryarchaeota. Three (3) bacteria phyla dominated the DR samples; Bacteroidetes, Gemmatimonadetes, and Thermotoga. Our result also employed the SEED subsystem and revealed that the metabolic pathways involved were abundant in HR. The α-diversity demonstrates that there is no significant difference among the rhizosphere microbiomes across the sites, while β-diversity demonstrated a significant difference.
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Kim S, Kim TH, Chung MN, Lee Y, Lee IB, Lee H, Park W. Incidence Rates of Root Rot in Sweetpotato Caused by Cultivation Soil and Soil Microorganisms During Storage Periods. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:897590. [PMID: 35592576 PMCID: PMC9113054 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.897590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Sweetpotatoes require a storage period for year-round use and improved sweetness by starch degradation. However, long-term storage can cause root rot, and a large amount of sweetpotatoes can be discarded. Root rot is typically caused by pathogenic soil-borne Fusarium spp., and the development of root rot induced by the characteristics of cultivating soil in stored sweetpotato has not yet been identified. In this study, the effect of Fusarium spp. and microbial community in the cultivated soil on the root rot of sweetpotatoes was to be elucidated. Wounded sweetpotato were treated in soil cultures inoculated with F. solani or F. oxysporum for 2 days, and showed symptoms of root rot after 2 months of storage. The three study fields (Naju, Yeongam A, and B) were subjected to the same curing and storage treatments after harvest, and the incidence of root rot was 1.7- to 1.8-fold different after 3 months of storage. Across the three fields, concentrations of Fusarium spp. and of microbial communities differed according to the cultivation soil and period. In particular, Naju, which had the lowest incidence of root rot, had the lowest concentration of Fusarium spp. before harvest, and the smallest change in diversity of the microbial community during the cultivation period. However, tuberous roots harvested from the fields showed no significant differences in antioxidant activity or lesion size with the treatment of 106 conidia/ml F. solani. By solidifying the importance of cultivating soil and related microorganisms in the advancement of root rot of sweetpotato, our results may aid in preventing the decrease in the yield of cultivated sweetpotatoes through root rot control.
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Polyploidy and microbiome associations mediate similar responses to pathogens in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol 2022; 32:2719-2729.e5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Pang Z, Mao X, Xia Y, Xiao J, Wang X, Xu P, Liu G. Multiomics Reveals the Effect of Root Rot on Polygonati Rhizome and Identifies Pathogens and Biocontrol Strain. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0238521. [PMID: 35225655 PMCID: PMC9045327 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02385-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Root (rhizome) rot of Polygonatum plants has received substantial attention because it threatens yield and sustainable utilization in the polygonati rhizome industry. However, the potential pathogens that cause rhizome rot as well as the direct and indirect (via root-associated microbes) strategies by which Polygonatum defends against pathogens remain largely unknown. Herein, we used integrated multiomics of plant-targeted metabolomics and transcriptomics, microbiome, and culture-based methods to systematically investigate the interactions between the Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua root-associated microbiota and pathogens. We found that root rot inhibited P. cyrtonema rhizome growth and that the fresh weight significantly decreased (P < 0.001). The transcriptomic and metabonomic results showed that the expression of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to specialized metabolic and systemic resistance pathways, such as glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and flavonoid biosynthesis, cycloartenol synthase activity (related to saponin synthesis), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling, and plant hormone signal transduction, was particularly increased in diseased rhizomes. Consistently, the contents of lactose, d-fructose, sarsasapogenin, asperulosidic acid, botulin, myricadoil, and other saponins, which are functional medicinal compounds present in P. cyrtonema rhizomes, were also increased in diseased plants infected with rhizome rot. The microbiome sequencing and culture results showed that root rot disrupted the P. cyrtonema bacterial and fungal communities and reduced the microbial diversity in the rhizomes and rhizosphere soil. We further found that a clear enrichment of Streptomyces violascens XTBG45 (HJB-XTBG45) in the healthy rhizosphere could control the root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum and Colletotrichum spaethianum. Taken together, our results indicate that P. cyrtonema can modulate the plant immune system and metabolic processes and enrich beneficial root microbiota to defend against pathogens. IMPORTANCE Root (rhizome or tuber) reproduction is the main method for the agricultural cultivation of many important cash crops, and infected crop plants rot, exhibit retarded growth, and experience yield losses. While many studies have investigated medicinal plants and their functional medicinal compounds, the occurrence of root (rhizome) rot of plant and soil microbiota has received little attention. Therefore, we used integrated multiomics and culture-based methods to systematically study rhizome rot on the famous Chinese medicine Polygonatum cyrtonema and identify pathogens and beneficial microbiota of rhizome rot. Rhizome rot disrupted the Polygonatum-associated microbiota and reduced microbial diversity, and rhizome transcription and metabolic processes significantly changed. Our work provides evidence that rhizome rot not only changes rhizome transcription and functional metabolite contents but also impacts the microbial community diversity, assembly, and function of the rhizome and rhizosphere. This study provides a new friendly strategy for medicinal plant breeding and agricultural utilization.
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- Zhiqiang Pang
- Crops Conservation and Breeding Base, CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
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- Crops Conservation and Breeding Base, CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Science, Pu’er University, Puer, China
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- Key Laboratory for Crop Breeding of Hainan Province, Haikou, China
- Sanya Institute, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya, China
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- Crops Conservation and Breeding Base, CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
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- Crops Conservation and Breeding Base, CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
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Exclusion of Overabundant White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Results in Shifts in Soil Microbial Communities and Abiotic Soil Condition in a Northeastern Deciduous Forest. AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 2022. [DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-187.2.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Clough SE, Jousset A, Elphinstone JG, Friman V. Combining in vitro and in vivo screening to identify efficient
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Ralstonia solanacearum. Microbiologyopen 2022; 11:e1283. [PMID: 35478286 PMCID: PMC9059233 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Although plant pathogens are traditionally controlled using synthetic agrochemicals, the availability of commercial bactericides is still limited. One potential control strategy could be the use of plant growth‐promoting bacteria (PGPB) to suppress pathogens via resource competition or the production of antimicrobial compounds. This study aimed to conduct in vitro and in vivo screening of eight Pseudomonas strains against Ralstonia solanacearum (the causative agent of bacterial wilt) and to investigate underlying mechanisms of potential pathogen suppression. We found that inhibitory effects were Pseudomonas strain‐specific, with strain CHA0 showing the highest pathogen suppression. Genomic screening identified 2,4‐diacetylphloroglucinol, pyoluteorin, and orfamides A and B secondary metabolite clusters in the genomes of the most inhibitory strains, which were investigated further. Although all these compounds suppressed R. solanacearum growth, only orfamide A was produced in the growth media based on mass spectrometry. Moreover, orfamide variants extracted from Pseudomonas cultures showed high pathogen suppression. Using the “Micro‐Tom” tomato cultivar, it was found that CHA0 could reduce bacterial wilt disease incidence with one of the two tested pathogen strains. Together, these findings suggest that a better understanding of Pseudomonas–Ralstonia interactions in the rhizosphere is required to successfully translate in vitro findings into agricultural applications.
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- Sophie E. Clough
- Department of Biology University of York York UK
- Department of Biosciences Chemistry Durham University Durham UK
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Ecology and Biodiversity Group Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
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Zhang X, Wang S, Zhang Q, Zhang K, Liu W, Zhang R, Zhang Z. The Expansion of a Single Bacteriophage Leads to Bacterial Disturbance in Gut and Reduction of Larval Growth in Musca domestica. Front Immunol 2022; 13:885722. [PMID: 35464464 PMCID: PMC9019163 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.885722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The housefly larvae gut microbiota influences larval health and has become an important model to study the ecology and evolution of microbiota-host interactions. However, little is known about the phage community associated with the housefly larval gut, although bacteriophages are the most abundant members of the microbiota and have the potential to shape gut bacterial communities. Changes to bacteriophage composition are associated with disease, but how phages impact insect health remains unclear. We noticed that treating 1-day-old housefly larvae with ~107, ~109, and ~1011 phage particles per ml of bacteriophages led to changes in the growth and development of housefly larvae. Additionally, treating housefly larvae with bacteriophages led to bacterial composition changes in the gut. Changes in the compositions of these gut bacteria are mainly manifested in the increase in harmful bacteria, including Pseudomonas and Providencia and the decrease in beneficial bacteria, including Enterobacter and Klebsiella, after different growth and development periods. The alterations in gut microbiota further influenced the larval growth and development. Collectively, these results indicate that bacteriophages can perturb the intestinal microbiome and impact insect health.
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- Xinyu Zhang
- Collaborative Innovation Center for the Origin and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for the Origin and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for the Origin and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for the Origin and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for the Origin and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for the Origin and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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Li PD, Zhu ZR, Zhang Y, Xu J, Wang H, Wang Z, Li H. The phyllosphere microbiome shifts toward combating melanose pathogen. MICROBIOME 2022; 10:56. [PMID: 35366955 PMCID: PMC8976405 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01234-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plants can recruit beneficial microbes to enhance their ability to defend against pathogens. However, in contrast to the intensively studied roles of the rhizosphere microbiome in suppressing plant pathogens, the collective community-level change and effect of the phyllosphere microbiome in response to pathogen invasion remains largely elusive. RESULTS Here, we integrated 16S metabarcoding, shotgun metagenomics and culture-dependent methods to systematically investigate the changes in phyllosphere microbiome between infected and uninfected citrus leaves by Diaporthe citri, a fungal pathogen causing melanose disease worldwide. Multiple microbiome features suggested a shift in phyllosphere microbiome upon D. citri infection, highlighted by the marked reduction of community evenness, the emergence of large numbers of new microbes, and the intense microbial network. We also identified the microbiome features from functional perspectives in infected leaves, such as enriched microbial functions for iron competition and potential antifungal traits, and enriched microbes with beneficial genomic characteristics. Glasshouse experiments demonstrated that several bacteria associated with the microbiome shift could positively affect plant performance under D. citri challenge, with reductions in disease index ranging from 65.7 to 88.4%. Among them, Pantoea asv90 and Methylobacterium asv41 identified as "recruited new microbes" in the infected leaves, exhibited antagonistic activities to D. citri both in vitro and in vivo, including inhibition of spore germination and/or mycelium growth. Sphingomonas spp. presented beneficial genomic characteristics and were found to be the main contributor for the functional enrichment of iron complex outer membrane receptor protein in the infected leaves. Moreover, Sphingomonas asv20 showed a stronger suppression ability against D. citri in iron-deficient conditions than iron-sufficient conditions, suggesting a role of iron competition during their antagonistic action. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our study revealed how phyllosphere microbiomes differed between infected and uninfected citrus leaves by melanose pathogen, and identified potential mechanisms for how the observed microbiome shift might have helped plants cope with pathogen pressure. Our findings provide novel insights into understanding the roles of phyllosphere microbiome responses during pathogen challenge. Video abstract.
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- Pu-Dong Li
- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Ministry of Agriculture, The Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Ministry of Agriculture, The Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572000, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Ministry of Agriculture, The Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Ministry of Agriculture, The Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Ministry of Agriculture, The Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572000, China.
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Gao Y, Zhang Y, Cheng X, Zheng Z, Wu X, Dong X, Hu Y, Wang X. Agricultural Jiaosu: An Eco-Friendly and Cost-Effective Control Strategy for Suppressing Fusarium Root Rot Disease in Astragalus membranaceus. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:823704. [PMID: 35432283 PMCID: PMC9008360 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.823704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Root rot caused by the pathogenic fungi of the Fusarium genus poses a great threat to the yield and quality of medicinal plants. The application of Agricultural Jiaosu (AJ), which contains beneficial microbes and metabolites, represents a promising disease control strategy. However, the action-effect of AJ on Fusarium root rot disease remains unclear. In the present study, we evaluated the characteristics and antifungal activity of AJ fermented using waste leaves and stems of medicinal plants, and elucidated the mechanisms of AJ action by quantitative real-time PCR and redundancy analysis. The effects of AJ and antagonistic microbes isolated from it on disease suppression were further validated through a pot experiment. Our results indicate that the AJ was rich in beneficial microorganisms (Bacillus, Pseudomonas, and Lactobacillus), organic acids (acetic, formic, and butyric acids) and volatile organic compounds (alcohols and esters). It could effectively inhibit Fusarium oxysporum and the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) was 13.64%. The antifungal contribution rate of the microbial components of AJ reached 46.48%. Notably, the redundancy analysis revealed that the Bacillus and Pseudomonas genera occupied the main niche during the whole inhibition process. Moreover, the abundance of the Bacillus, Pseudomonas, and Lactobacillus genera were positively correlated with the pH-value, lactic, formic and butyric acids. The results showed that the combined effects of beneficial microbes and organic acid metabolites increased the efficacy of the AJ antifungal activity. The isolation and identification of AJ’s antagonistic microbes detected 47 isolates that exhibited antagonistic activities against F. oxysporum in vitro. In particular, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus velezensis presented the strongest antifungal activity. In the pot experiment, the application of AJ and these two Bacillus species significantly reduced the disease incidence of Fusarium root rot and promoted the growth of Astragalus. The present study provides a cost-effective method to control of Fusarium root rot disease, and establishes a whole-plant recycling pattern to promote the sustainable development of medicinal plant cultivation.
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- Youhui Gao
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Effects of Plastic Shed Cultivation System on the Properties of Red Paddy Soil and Its Management by Reductive Soil Disinfestation. HORTICULTURAE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8040279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Red paddy soil is widely distributed in the south of China and has become an important production system for food and cash crops. However, the key factors limiting the quality of this soil type under the plastic shed cultivation system and the effective management strategies are still unclear. In the present study, the physicochemical and microbial properties of red paddy soil in a plastic shed (PS-Soil) and open-air (OA-Soil) cultivation systems were compared. Subsequently, reductive soil disinfestation (RSD) and organic fertilizer treatment (OF) were used to improve the soil properties in a representative PS-Soil. Results showed that the physicochemical and microbial properties in PS-Soil were significantly altered compared with those in the nearby OA-Soil, and those differences were primarily dominated by the cultivation system rather than the sampling site. Specifically, the electrical conductivity (EC) and available nutrients (NO3−-N, NH4+-N, available K, and available P) contents, as well as the abundances of fungi, potential fungal soil-borne pathogens (F. oxysporum and F. solani), and fungi/bacteria were significantly increased in PS-Soil. In addition, the OF treatment could not effectively improve the above-mentioned soil properties, which was mainly reflected by that soil EC and the abundances of potential fungal soil-borne pathogens were considerably increased in the OF-treated soil. In contrast, soil EC and NO3−-N content, the abundances of fungi, F. oxysporum, F. solani, and fungi/bacteria were remarkably decreased by 76%, 99%, 98%, 92%, 73%, and 85%, respectively. Moreover, soil pH, the abundance of bacteria, total microbial activity, metabolic activity, and carbon source utilization were significantly increased in the RSD-treated soil. Collectively, red paddy soil is significantly degraded under the plastic shed cultivation system, and RSD rather than OF can effectively improve the quality of this soil type.
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The Proportion of Soil-Borne Fungal Pathogens Increases with Elevated Organic Carbon in Agricultural Soils. mSystems 2022; 7:e0133721. [PMID: 35311561 PMCID: PMC9040864 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01337-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Soil-borne fungal phytopathogens are important threats to soil and crop health. However, their community composition and environmental determinants remain unclear. Here, we explored the effects of agricultural fertilization regime (i.e., organic material application) on soil fungal phytopathogens, using data sets from a combination of field survey and long-term experiment. We found that soil organic carbon was the key factor that affected the diversity and relative abundance of fungal phytopathogens in agricultural soils. The dominant genera of phytopathogens including Monographella was also strongly associated with soil organic carbon. In addition, the elevated soil organic carbon enhanced the node proportion of phytopathogens and the positive interactions within the fungal community in the network. Results of the long-term experiment revealed that applications of crop straw and fresh livestock manure significantly increased the proportion of phytopathogens, which were associated with the elevated soil organic carbon. This work offers new insights into the occurrence and environmental factors of fungal phytopathogens in agricultural soils, which are fundamental to control their impacts on the soil and crop systems. IMPORTANCE Fungal phytopathogens are important threats to soil and crop health, but their community composition and environmental determinants remain unclear. We found that soil organic carbon is the key factor of the prevalence of fungal phytopathogens through a field survey, which is also supported by our long-term (6-year) experiment showing the applications of crop straw and fresh livestock manure significantly increased the proportion of fungal phytopathogens. These findings advance our understanding of the occurrence and environmental drivers of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens under agricultural fertilization regime and have important implications for the control of soil-borne pathogens.
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Stengel A, Stanke KM, Quattrone AC, Herr JR. Improving Taxonomic Delimitation of Fungal Species in the Age of Genomics and Phenomics. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:847067. [PMID: 35250961 PMCID: PMC8892103 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.847067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Species concepts have long provided a source of debate among biologists. These lively debates have been important for reaching consensus on how to communicate across scientific disciplines and for advancing innovative strategies to study evolution, population biology, ecology, natural history, and disease epidemiology. Species concepts are also important for evaluating variability and diversity among communities, understanding biogeographical distributions, and identifying causal agents of disease across animal and plant hosts. While there have been many attempts to address the concept of species in the fungi, there are several concepts that have made taxonomic delimitation especially challenging. In this review we discuss these major challenges and describe methodological approaches that show promise for resolving ambiguity in fungal taxonomy by improving discrimination of genetic and functional traits. We highlight the relevance of eco-evolutionary theory used in conjunction with integrative taxonomy approaches to improve the understanding of interactions between environment, ecology, and evolution that give rise to distinct species boundaries. Beyond recent advances in genomic and phenomic methods, bioinformatics tools and modeling approaches enable researchers to test hypothesis and expand our knowledge of fungal biodiversity. Looking to the future, the pairing of integrative taxonomy approaches with multi-locus genomic sequencing and phenomic techniques, such as transcriptomics and proteomics, holds great potential to resolve many unknowns in fungal taxonomic classification.
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- Ashley Stengel
- Complex Biosystems Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Complex Biosystems Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Complex Biosystems Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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Coban O, De Deyn GB, van der Ploeg M. Soil microbiota as game-changers in restoration of degraded lands. Science 2022; 375:abe0725. [PMID: 35239372 DOI: 10.1126/science.abe0725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Land degradation reduces soil functioning and, consequently, the services that soil provides. Soil hydrological functions are critical to combat soil degradation and promote soil restoration. Soil microorganisms affect soil hydrology, but the role of soil microbiota in forming and sustaining soil is not well explored. Case studies indicate the potential of soil microorganisms as game-changers in restoring soil functions. We review the state of the art of microorganism use in land restoration technology, the groups of microorganisms with the greatest potential for soil restoration, knowledge of the effect of microorganisms on soil physical properties, and proposed strategies for the long-term restoration of degraded lands. We also emphasize the need to advance the emerging research field of biophysical landscape interactions to support soil-plant ecosystem restoration practices.
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- Oksana Coban
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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Underhill DM, Braun J. Fungal microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease: a critical assessment. J Clin Invest 2022; 132:155786. [PMID: 35229726 PMCID: PMC8884899 DOI: 10.1172/jci155786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The gut microbiome is at the center of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis and disease activity. While this has mainly been studied in the context of the bacterial microbiome, recent advances have provided tools for the study of host genetics and metagenomics of host-fungal interaction. Through these tools, strong evidence has emerged linking certain fungal taxa, such as Candida and Malassezia, with cellular and molecular pathways of IBD disease biology. Mouse models and human fecal microbial transplant also suggest that some disease-participatory bacteria and fungi may act not via the host directly, but via their fungal-bacterial ecologic interactions. We hope that these insights, and the study design and multi-omics strategies used to develop them, will facilitate the inclusion of the fungal community in basic and translational IBD research.
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- David M Underhill
- F. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute.,Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and.,Research Division of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- F. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute.,Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and.,Research Division of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Xu F, Liao H, Zhang Y, Yao M, Liu J, Sun L, Zhang X, Yang J, Wang K, Wang X, Ding Y, Liu C, Rensing C, Zhang J, Yeh K, Xu W. Coordination of root auxin with the fungus Piriformospora indica and bacterium Bacillus cereus enhances rice rhizosheath formation under soil drying. THE ISME JOURNAL 2022; 16:801-811. [PMID: 34621017 PMCID: PMC8857228 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01133-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Moderate soil drying (MSD) is a promising agricultural technique that can reduce water consumption and enhance rhizosheath formation promoting drought resistance in plants. The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica (P. indica) with high auxin production may be beneficial for rhizosheath formation. However, the integrated role of P. indica with native soil microbiome in rhizosheath formation is unclear. Here, we investigated the roles of P. indica and native bacteria on rice rhizosheath formation under MSD using high-throughput sequencing and rice mutants. Under MSD, rice rhizosheath formation was significantly increased by around 30% with P. indica inoculation. Auxins in rice roots and P. indica were responsible for the rhizosheath formation under MSD. Next, the abundance of the genus Bacillus, known as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, was enriched in the rice rhizosheath and root endosphere with P. indica inoculation under MSD. Moreover, the abundance of Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) with high auxin production was further increased by P. indica inoculation. After inoculation with both P. indica and B. cereus, rhizosheath formation in wild-type or auxin efflux carrier OsPIN2 complemented line rice was higher than that of the ospin2 mutant. Together, our results suggest that the interaction of the endophytic fungus P. indica with the native soil bacterium B. cereus favors rice rhizosheath formation by auxins modulation in rice and microbes under MSD. This finding reveals a cooperative contribution of P. indica and native microbiota in rice rhizosheath formation under moderate soil drying, which is important for improving water use in agriculture.
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- Feiyun Xu
- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Engineering Research Center of Soil Remediation of Fujian Province University, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Engineering Research Center of Soil Remediation of Fujian Province University, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.256111.00000 0004 1760 2876Institute of Environmental Microbiology, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- grid.19188.390000 0004 0546 0241Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Plant Water-use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Life Sciences, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Chen C, Wang M, Zhu J, Tang Y, Zhang H, Zhao Q, Jing M, Chen Y, Xu X, Jiang J, Shen Z. Long-term effect of epigenetic modification in plant-microbe interactions: modification of DNA methylation induced by plant growth-promoting bacteria mediates promotion process. MICROBIOME 2022; 10:36. [PMID: 35209943 PMCID: PMC8876431 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01236-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soil microbiomes are considered a cornerstone of the next green revolution, and plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are critical for microbiome engineering. However, taking plant-beneficial microorganisms from discovery to agricultural application remains challenging, as the mechanisms underlying the interactions between beneficial strains and plants in native soils are still largely unknown. Increasing numbers of studies have indicated that strains introduced to manipulate microbiomes are usually eliminated in soils, while others have reported that application of PGPB as inocula significantly improves plant growth. This contradiction suggests the need for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying microbe-induced growth promotion. RESULTS We showed PGPB-induced long-term plant growth promotion after elimination of the PGPB inoculum in soils and explored the three-way interactions among the exogenous inoculum, indigenous microbiome, and plant, which were key elements of the plant growth-promoting process. We found the rhizosphere microbiome assembly was mainly driven by plant development and root recruitments greatly attenuated the influence of inocula on the rhizosphere microbiome. Neither changes in the rhizosphere microbiome nor colonization of inocula in roots was necessary for plant growth promotion. In roots, modification of DNA methylation in response to inoculation affects gene expression related to PGPB-induced growth promotion, and disruptions of the inoculation-induced DNA methylation patterns greatly weakened the plant growth promotion. Together, our results showed PGPB-induced DNA methylation modifications in roots mediated the promotion process and these modifications remained functional after elimination of the inoculum from the microbiome. CONCLUSION This study suggests a new mechanism in which PGPB affect DNA methylation in roots to promote plant growth, which provides important insights into microbiome-plant interactions and offers new strategies for plant microbiome engineering beyond the perspective of maintaining inoculum persistence in soils. Video abstract.
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- Chen Chen
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China.
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Exploring the roles of microbes in facilitating plant adaptation to climate change. Biochem J 2022; 479:327-335. [PMID: 35119455 PMCID: PMC8883484 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20210793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Plants benefit from their close association with soil microbes which assist in their response to abiotic and biotic stressors. Yet much of what we know about plant stress responses is based on studies where the microbial partners were uncontrolled and unknown. Under climate change, the soil microbial community will also be sensitive to and respond to abiotic and biotic stressors. Thus, facilitating plant adaptation to climate change will require a systems-based approach that accounts for the multi-dimensional nature of plant-microbe-environment interactions. In this perspective, we highlight some of the key factors influencing plant-microbe interactions under stress as well as new tools to facilitate the controlled study of their molecular complexity, such as fabricated ecosystems and synthetic communities. When paired with genomic and biochemical methods, these tools provide researchers with more precision, reproducibility, and manipulability for exploring plant-microbe-environment interactions under a changing climate.
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Jiang G, Zhang Y, Gan G, Li W, Wan W, Jiang Y, Yang T, Zhang Y, Xu Y, Wang Y, Shen Q, Wei Z, Dini-Andreote F. Exploring rhizo-microbiome transplants as a tool for protective plant-microbiome manipulation. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2022; 2:10. [PMID: 37938685 PMCID: PMC9723603 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-022-00094-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
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The development of strategies for effectively manipulating and engineering beneficial plant-associated microbiomes is a major challenge in microbial ecology. In this sense, the efficacy and potential implications of rhizosphere microbiome transplant (RMT) in plant disease management have only scarcely been explored in the literature. Here, we initially investigated potential differences in rhizosphere microbiomes of 12 Solanaceae eggplant varieties and accessed their level of resistance promoted against bacterial wilt disease caused by the pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum, in a 3-year field trial. We elected 6 resistant microbiomes and further tested the broad feasibility of using RMT from these donor varieties to a susceptible model Solanaceae tomato variety MicroTom. Overall, we found the rhizosphere microbiome of resistant varieties to enrich for distinct and specific bacterial taxa, of which some displayed significant associations with the disease suppression. Quantification of the RMT efficacy using source tracking analysis revealed more than 60% of the donor microbial communities to successfully colonize and establish in the rhizosphere of recipient plants. RTM from distinct resistant donors resulted in different levels of wilt disease suppression, reaching up to 47% of reduction in disease incidence. Last, we provide a culture-dependent validation of potential bacterial taxa associated with antagonistic interactions with the pathogen, thus contributing to a better understanding of the potential mechanism associated with the disease suppression. Our study shows RMT from appropriate resistant donors to be a promising tool to effectively modulate protective microbiomes and promote plant health. Together we advocate for future studies aiming at understanding the ecological processes and mechanisms mediating rates of coalescence between donor and recipient microbiomes in the plant rhizosphere.
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- Gaofei Jiang
- Laboratory of Bio-interactions and Crop Health, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Bio-interactions and Crop Health, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Research, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Research, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Laboratory of Bio-interactions and Crop Health, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Research, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Laboratory of Bio-interactions and Crop Health, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of Bio-interactions and Crop Health, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Research, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China.
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- Laboratory of Bio-interactions and Crop Health, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Bio-interactions and Crop Health, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Plant Science & Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Jamil FN, Hashim AM, Yusof MT, Saidi NB. Analysis of soil bacterial communities and physicochemical properties associated with Fusarium wilt disease of banana in Malaysia. Sci Rep 2022; 12:999. [PMID: 35046475 PMCID: PMC8770495 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-04886-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Fusarium wilt (FW) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is a soil-borne disease that infects bananas, causing severe economic losses worldwide. To reveal the relationship between bacterial populations and FW, the bacterial communities of healthy and TR4-infected rhizosphere and bulk soils were compared using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Soil physicochemical properties associated with FW were also analyzed. We found the community structure of bacteria in the healthy and TR4 infected rhizosphere was significantly different compared to bulk soil within the same farm. The rhizosphere soils of infected plants exhibited higher richness and diversity than healthy plant with significant abundance of Proteobacteria. In the healthy rhizosphere soil, beneficial bacteria such as Burkholderia and Streptomyces spp. were more abundant. Compared to the infected rhizosphere soil, healthy rhizosphere soil was associated with RNA metabolism and transporters pathways and a high level of magnesium and cation exchange capacity. Overall, we reported changes in the key taxa of rhizospheric bacterial communities and soil physicochemical properties of healthy and FW-infected plants, suggesting their potential role as indicators for plant health.
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- Fatin Nadiah Jamil
- Institute of Biosciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Halal Products Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biosciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Wang N, Li H, Wang B, Ding J, Liu Y, Wei Y, Li J, Ding GC. Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Rhizosphere Microbiome Recruited From Compost Synergistically Determined by Plant Species and Compost. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:798476. [PMID: 35095808 PMCID: PMC8792965 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.798476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Compost is frequently served as the first reservoir for plants to recruit rhizosphere microbiome when used as growing substrate in the seedling nursery. In the present study, recruitment of rhizosphere microbiome from two composts by tomato, pepper, or maize was addressed by shotgun metagenomics and 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. The 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing analysis showed that 41% of variation in the rhizosphere bacterial community was explained by compost, in contrast to 23% by plant species. Proteobacterial genera were commonly recruited by all three plant species with specific selections for Ralstonia by tomato and Enterobacteria by maize. These findings were confirmed by analysis of 16S rRNA retrieved from the shotgun metagenomics library. Approximately 70% of functional gene clusters differed more than sevenfold in abundance between rhizosphere and compost. Functional groups associated with the sensing and up-taking of C3 and C4 carboxylic acids, amino acids, monosaccharide, production of antimicrobial substances, and antibiotic resistance were over-represented in the rhizosphere. In summary, compost and plant species synergistically shaped the composition of the rhizosphere microbiome and selected for functional traits associated with the competition on root exudates.
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- Ning Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Organic Recycling Institute (Suzhou) of China Agricultural University, Suzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Tangshan Normal University, Tangshan, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Organic Recycling Institute (Suzhou) of China Agricultural University, Suzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Organic Recycling Institute (Suzhou) of China Agricultural University, Suzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Organic Recycling Institute (Suzhou) of China Agricultural University, Suzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Organic Recycling Institute (Suzhou) of China Agricultural University, Suzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Guo-Chun Ding,
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Schröder P, Mench M, Povilaitis V, Rineau F, Rutkowska B, Schloter M, Szulc W, Žydelis R, Loit E. Relaunch cropping on marginal soils by incorporating amendments and beneficial trace elements in an interdisciplinary approach. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 803:149844. [PMID: 34525739 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In the EU and world-wide, agriculture is in transition. Whilst we just converted conventional farming imprinted by the post-war food demand and heavy agrochemical usage into integrated and sustainable farming with optimized production, we now have to focus on even smarter agricultural management. Enhanced nutrient efficiency and resistance to pests/pathogens combined with a greener footprint will be crucial for future sustainable farming and its wider environment. Future land use must embrace efficient production and utilization of biomass for improved economic, environmental, and social outcomes, as subsumed under the EU Green Deal, including also sites that have so far been considered as marginal and excluded from production. Another frontier is to supply high-quality food and feed to increase the nutrient density of staple crops. In diets of over two-thirds of the world's population, more than one micronutrient (Fe, Zn, I or Se) is lacking. To improve nutritious values of crops, it will be necessary to combine integrated, systems-based approaches of land management with sustainable redevelopment of agriculture, including central ecosystem services, on so far neglected sites: neglected grassland, set aside land, and marginal lands, paying attention to their connectivity with natural areas. Here we need new integrative approaches which allow the application of different instruments to provide us not only with biomass of sufficient quality and quantity in a site specific manner, but also to improve soil ecological services, e.g. soil C sequestration, water quality, habitat and soil resistance to erosion, while keeping fertilization as low as possible. Such instruments may include the application of different forms of high carbon amendments, the application of macro- and microelements to improve crop performance and quality as well as a targeted manipulation of the soil microbiome. Under certain caveats, the potential of such sites can be unlocked by innovative production systems, ready for the sustainable production of crops enriched in micronutrients and providing services within a circular economy.
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- Peter Schröder
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health GmbH, Research Unit for Comparative Microiome Analysis, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, BIOGECO, UMR 1202, F-33615 Pessac, France
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- Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Akademija LT-58344, Kedainiai distr. Lithuania
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- Hasselt University, Agoralaan Gebouw D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health GmbH, Research Unit for Comparative Microiome Analysis, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
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- Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Akademija LT-58344, Kedainiai distr. Lithuania
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- Estonian University of Life Sciences, Chair of Field Crops and Plant Biology, 51006 Tartu, Estonia.
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Dong L, Bian X, Zhao Y, Yang H, Xu Y, Han Y, Zhang L. Rhizosphere analysis of field-grown Panax ginseng with different degrees of red skin provides the basis for preventing red skin syndrome. BMC Microbiol 2022; 22:12. [PMID: 34991491 PMCID: PMC8734182 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-021-02430-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background Ginseng red skin root syndrome (GRS) is one of the most common ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer) diseases. It leads to a severe decline in P. ginseng quality and seriously affects the P. ginseng industry in China. However, as a root disease, the characteristics of the GRS rhizosphere microbiome are still unclear. Methods The amplicon bacterial 16 S rRNA genes and fungal ITS (Internal Transcribed Spacer) regions Illumina sequencing technology, combined with microbial diversity and composition analysis based on R software, was used to explore the relationship between soil ecological environment and GRS. Results There were significant differences in the diversity and richness of soil microorganisms between the rhizosphere with different degrees of disease, especially between healthy P. ginseng (HG) and heavily diseased groups. The variation characteristics of microbial abundance in different taxa levels were analyzed. The interaction network of rhizosphere microorganisms of P. ginseng under GRS background was established. We also found that different P. ginseng rhizosphere microbial communities have multiple changes in stability and complexity through the established interaction network. Microbes closely related to potential pathogenic fungi were also identified according to the interaction network, which provided clues for looking for biological control agents. Finally, the Distance-based redundancy analysis (dbRDA) results indicated that total phosphorus (TP), available potassium (AK), available phosphorus (AP), catalase (CAT), invertase (INV) are the key factors that influence the microbial communities. Moreover, the content of these key factors in the rhizosphere was negatively correlated with disease degrees. Conclusions In this study, we comprehensively analyzed the rhizosphere characteristics of P. ginseng with different levels of disease, and explored the interaction relationship among microorganisms. These results provide a basis for soil improvement and biological control of field-grown in the future. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12866-021-02430-9.
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- Ling Dong
- National& Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ginseng Breeding and Development, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China.,College of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, 130118, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- National& Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ginseng Breeding and Development, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China.,College of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, 130118, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- College of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, 130118, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- National& Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ginseng Breeding and Development, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China.,College of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, 130118, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- National& Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ginseng Breeding and Development, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China. .,College of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, 130118, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
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- Jilin Provincial Ginseng and Pilose Antler Office, Changchun, China
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- National& Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ginseng Breeding and Development, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China. .,College of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, 130118, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
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Liu J, Abdelfattah A, Wasserman B, Wisniewski M, Droby S, Fazio G, Mazzola M, Wu X. Contrasting effects of genotype and root size on the fungal and bacterial communities associated with apple rootstocks. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2022; 9:6511261. [PMID: 35043188 PMCID: PMC8769040 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhab013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The endophytic microbiome of plants is believed to have a significant impact on its physiology and disease resistance, however, the role of host genotype in determining the composition of the endophytic microbiome of apple root systems remains an open question that has important implications for defining breeding objectives. In the current study, the bacterial and fungal microbiota associated with four different apple rootstocks planted in April, 2018 in the same soil environment and harvested in May, 2019 were evaluated to determine the role of genotype on the composition of both the bacterial and fungal communities. Results demonstrated a clear impact of genotype and root size on microbial composition and diversity. The fungal community was more affected by plant genotype whereas the bacterial community was shaped by root size. Fungal and bacterial abundance was equal between different-sized roots however, significantly higher microbial counts were detected in rhizosphere samples compared to root endosphere samples. This study provides information that can be used to develop a comprehensive and readily applicable understanding of the impact of genotype and environmental factors on the establishment of plant microbiome, as well as its potential function and impact on host physiology.
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- Jia Liu
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Economic Plant Biotechnology, College of Landscape Architecture and Life Science/Institute of Special Plants, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, 317 Honghe Road, Yongchuan District, Chongqing 402160, China
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12, Graz 8010, Austria
- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Max-Eyth Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 220 Ag Quad Ln, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Corresponding authors: E-mails: ;
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, PO Box 15159 Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel
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- United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Plant Genetic Resources Unit, 21 Crabapple Drive, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Tree Fruit Research Laboratory,
1104 North Western Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 2 Youanmingyuan West Road, Haidan District, Beijing 100193, China
- Corresponding authors: E-mails: ;
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Rane NR, Tapase S, Kanojia A, Watharkar A, Salama ES, Jang M, Kumar Yadav K, Amin MA, Cabral-Pinto MMS, Jadhav JP, Jeon BH. Molecular insights into plant-microbe interactions for sustainable remediation of contaminated environment. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 344:126246. [PMID: 34743992 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The widespread distribution of organic and inorganic pollutants in water resources have increased due to rapid industrialization. Rhizospheric zone-associated bacteria along with endophytic bacteria show a significant role in remediation of various pollutants. Metaomics technologies are gaining an advantage over traditional methods because of their capability to obtain detailed information on exclusive microbial communities in rhizosphere of the plant including the unculturable microorganisms. Transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics are functional methodologies that help to reveal the mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions and their synergistic roles in remediation of pollutants. Intensive analysis of metaomics data can be useful to understand the interrelationships of various metabolic activities between plants and microbes. This review comprehensively discusses recent advances in omics applications made hitherto to understand the mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions during phytoremediation. It extends the delivery of the insightful information on plant-microbiomes communications with an emphasis on their genetic, biochemical, physical, metabolic, and environmental interactions.
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- Niraj R Rane
- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India
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- Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Bhatan, Panvel, Mumbai, India
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- Occupational and Environmental Health Department, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Madhyanchal Professional University, Ratibad, Bhopal, 462044, India
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Geobiotec Research Centre, Department of Geoscience, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biochemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea.
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Rivero RM, Mittler R, Blumwald E, Zandalinas SI. Developing climate-resilient crops: improving plant tolerance to stress combination. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:373-389. [PMID: 34482588 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Global warming and climate change are driving an alarming increase in the frequency and intensity of different abiotic stresses, such as droughts, heat waves, cold snaps, and flooding, negatively affecting crop yields and causing food shortages. Climate change is also altering the composition and behavior of different insect and pathogen populations adding to yield losses worldwide. Additional constraints to agriculture are caused by the increasing amounts of human-generated pollutants, as well as the negative impact of climate change on soil microbiomes. Although in the laboratory, we are trained to study the impact of individual stress conditions on plants, in the field many stresses, pollutants, and pests could simultaneously or sequentially affect plants, causing conditions of stress combination. Because climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of such stress combination events (e.g., heat waves combined with drought, flooding, or other abiotic stresses, pollutants, and/or pathogens), a concentrated effort is needed to study how stress combination is affecting crops. This need is particularly critical, as many studies have shown that the response of plants to stress combination is unique and cannot be predicted from simply studying each of the different stresses that are part of the stress combination. Strategies to enhance crop tolerance to a particular stress may therefore fail to enhance tolerance to this specific stress, when combined with other factors. Here we review recent studies of stress combinations in different plants and propose new approaches and avenues for the development of stress combination- and climate change-resilient crops.
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- Rosa M Rivero
- Department of Plant Nutrition, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, CEBAS-CSIC, Ed 25, Espinardo, Murcia, 30100, Spain
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, MO, 65201, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, MO, 65201, USA
- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Universitat Jaume I, Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n, Castelló de la Plana, 12071, Spain
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Bhattacharjee A, Dubey S, Sharma S. Storage of soil microbiome for application in sustainable agriculture: prospects and challenges. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:3171-3183. [PMID: 34718953 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17164-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Soil microbiome is a dynamic micro-ecosystem driving and fine-tuning several biological processes in the global macro-ecosystems. Its tremendous potential towards mediating sustainability in the ecosystem necessitates the urgent need to store it optimally and efficiently as "next-generation biologicals" for future applications via soil transplantation. The challenge, therefore, is to devise a strategy for the storage of soil microbiome such that its "functionality" is preserved for later application. This review discusses the current endeavours made towards storage of the soil microbiome. The methods for assessing the integrity of soil microbiome by targeting the structural diversity and functional potential of the preserved microbiomes have also been discussed. Further, the success stories related to the storage of fecal microbiome for application in transplants have also been highlighted. This is done primarily with the objective of learning lessons, and parallel application of the knowledge gained, in bringing about improvement in the research domain of soil microbiome storage. Subsequently, the limitations of current techniques of preservation have also been delineated. Further, the open questions in the area have been critically discussed. In conclusion, possible alternatives for storage, comprehensive analyses of the composition of the stored microbiome and their potential have been presented.
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- Annapurna Bhattacharjee
- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India.
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Dong H, Sun H, Jiang L, Ma D, Fan S. Characteristics of root‐associated bacterial community and nitrogen biochemical properties of two
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rice cultivars with different yields. Food Energy Secur 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Hangyu Dong
- Key Laboratory of Northeast Rice Biology and Breeding Rice Research Institute Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
- Agronomy College Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
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- Key Laboratory of Northeast Rice Biology and Breeding Rice Research Institute Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
- Agronomy College Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
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- Key Laboratory of Northeast Rice Biology and Breeding Rice Research Institute Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
- Agronomy College Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
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- Key Laboratory of Northeast Rice Biology and Breeding Rice Research Institute Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
- Agronomy College Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
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- Agronomy College Shenyang Agricultural University Shenyang China
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Dopheide A, Davis C, Nuñez J, Rogers G, Whitehead D, Grelet GA. Depth-structuring of multi-kingdom soil communities in agricultural pastures. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:6447534. [PMID: 34864997 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The biodiversity and structure of deep agricultural soil communities are poorly understood, especially for eukaryotes. Using DNA metabarcoding and co-occurrence networks, we tested whether prokaryote, fungal, protist, and nematode biodiversity declines with increasing depth (0-0.1, 0.3-0.5, and 1.1-1.7m) in pastoral soil; whether deep soil organisms are subsets of those at the surface; and whether multi-kingdom networks become more interconnected with increasing depth. Depth-related richness declines were observed for almost all detected fungal classes, protist phyla, and nematode orders, but only 13 of 25 prokaryote phyla, of which nine had increasing richness with depth. Deep soil communities were not simply subsets of surface communities, with 3.8%-12.2% of eukaryotes and 13.2% of prokaryotes detected only in the deepest samples. Eukaryotes mainly occurred in the upper soil layers whereas prokaryotes were more evenly distributed across depths. Plant-feeding nematodes were most abundant in top soil, whereas bacteria feeders were more abundant in deep soil. Co-occurrence network structure differences suggested that deep soil communities are concentrated around scarce niches of resource availability, in contrast to more spatially homogenous and abundant resources at the surface. Together, these results demonstrate effects of depth on the composition, distribution, and structure of prokaryote and eukaryote soil communities.
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- Andrew Dopheide
- Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, 231 Morrin Road, St Johns, Auckland 1072, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, 54 Gerald Street, Lincoln 7608, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, 54 Gerald Street, Lincoln 7608, New Zealand.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, 20 Kirkwood Avenue, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, 54 Gerald Street, Lincoln 7608, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, 54 Gerald Street, Lincoln 7608, New Zealand
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- Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, 54 Gerald Street, Lincoln 7608, New Zealand
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Vargas P, Bosmans L, Van Calenberge B, Van Kerckhove S, Lievens B, Rediers H. Bacterial community dynamics of tomato hydroponic greenhouses infested with hairy root disease. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:6442176. [PMID: 34849757 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The rhizosphere is a complex ecosystem consisting of microbes in the interface between growth medium and plant roots, which affects plant productivity and health. This is one of the few studies analysing bacterial communities present in the rhizosphere of hydroponically grown plants. Tomato grown under hydroponic conditions is prone to hairy root disease (HRD) that is caused by rhizogenic Agrobacterium biovar 1 strains. In this study, using high-throughput amplicon sequencing of partial ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, we aimed to characterize bacterial communities in rockwool samples obtained from healthy or HRD-infested tomato during an entire growing season. Alpha diversity of rockwool increased in direct relation with time and samples obtained from healthy greenhouses presented a significantly lower alpha diversity than those from HRD-infested greenhouses. Beta diversity showed that bacterial community composition changed throughout the growing season. Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs) identified as rhizogenic Agrobacterium bv. 1 were more prevalent in HRD-infected greenhouses. Conversely, ASVs identified as Paenibacillus, previously identified as biocontrol organisms of rhizogenic agrobacteria, were more prevalent in healthy greenhouses. Altogether, our study greatly contributes to the knowledge of bacterial communities in rockwool hydroponics.
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- Pablo Vargas
- CMPG Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management (PME&BIM), Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Willem De Croylaan 46, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Research Station Hoogstraten, Voort 71, B-2328 Meerle, Belgium
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- Research Station for Vegetable Production, Duffelsesteenweg 101, B-2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
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- CMPG Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management (PME&BIM), Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Willem De Croylaan 46, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- CMPG Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management (PME&BIM), Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Willem De Croylaan 46, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Technological Breakthrough for the Afforestation of Populus euphratica in the Mu Us Desert in China. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su132413900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The Mu Us Desert (MUD) is one of the four largest sandy lands in China. On 22 April 2020, the Shaanxi Forestry Bureau announced that the desertification land control rate in Yulin reached 93.24%, which means that the Mu Us Desert was about to “disappear” from the territory of Shaanxi. However, the problem of biological diversity, mostly for Pinus sylvestris and shrubs in the Mu Us Desert, remains serious. In order to consolidate the current forest conservation efforts, Populus euphratica has been considered an ideal candidate since the 1950s. However, the low survival rate and conservation rate of Populus euphratica in the MUD led us to perform further large-scale introduction for over 70 years. In this study, by using root control seedling technology, the survival and the conservation rate of Populus euphratica were increased to more than 90%. This study makes possible the introduction of Populus euphratica in the MUD, and the successful introduction of Populus euphratica will provide a new barrier for forest ecosystem stability in the desertification control project in the Yulin area.
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Sullam KE, Musa T. Ecological Dynamics and Microbial Treatments against Oomycete Plant Pathogens. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10122697. [PMID: 34961168 PMCID: PMC8707103 DOI: 10.3390/plants10122697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this review, we explore how ecological concepts may help assist with applying microbial biocontrol agents to oomycete pathogens. Oomycetes cause a variety of agricultural diseases, including potato late blight, apple replant diseases, and downy mildew of grapevine, which also can lead to significant economic damage in their respective crops. The use of microbial biocontrol agents is increasingly gaining interest due to pressure from governments and society to reduce chemical plant protection products. The success of a biocontrol agent is dependent on many ecological processes, including the establishment on the host, persistence in the environment, and expression of traits that may be dependent on the microbiome. This review examines recent literature and trends in research that incorporate ecological aspects, especially microbiome, host, and environmental interactions, into biological control development and applications. We explore ecological factors that may influence microbial biocontrol agents’ efficacy and discuss key research avenues forward.
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Tryptophan metabolism and bacterial commensals prevent fungal dysbiosis in Arabidopsis roots. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2111521118. [PMID: 34853170 PMCID: PMC8670527 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2111521118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Understanding how host–microbe homeostasis is controlled and maintained in plant roots is key to enhance plant productivity. However, the factors that contribute to the maintenance of this equilibrium between plant roots and their multikingdom microbial communities remain largely unknown. Here, we observed a link between fungal load in roots and plant health, and we showed that modulation of fungal abundance is tightly controlled by a two-layer regulatory circuit involving the host innate immune system on one hand and bacterial root commensals on another hand. Our results shed a light into how host–microbe and microbe–microbe interactions act in concert to prevent dysbiosis in Arabidopsis thaliana roots, thereby promoting plant health and maintaining growth-promoting activities of multikingdom microbial commensals. In nature, roots of healthy plants are colonized by multikingdom microbial communities that include bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes. A key question is how plants control the assembly of these diverse microbes in roots to maintain host–microbe homeostasis and health. Using microbiota reconstitution experiments with a set of immunocompromised Arabidopsis thaliana mutants and a multikingdom synthetic microbial community (SynCom) representative of the natural A. thaliana root microbiota, we observed that microbiota-mediated plant growth promotion was abolished in most of the tested immunocompromised mutants. Notably, more than 40% of between-genotype variation in these microbiota-induced growth differences was explained by fungal but not bacterial or oomycete load in roots. Extensive fungal overgrowth in roots and altered plant growth was evident at both vegetative and reproductive stages for a mutant impaired in the production of tryptophan-derived, specialized metabolites (cyp79b2/b3). Microbiota manipulation experiments with single- and multikingdom microbial SynComs further demonstrated that 1) the presence of fungi in the multikingdom SynCom was the direct cause of the dysbiotic phenotype in the cyp79b2/b3 mutant and 2) bacterial commensals and host tryptophan metabolism are both necessary to control fungal load, thereby promoting A. thaliana growth and survival. Our results indicate that protective activities of bacterial root commensals are as critical as the host tryptophan metabolic pathway in preventing fungal dysbiosis in the A. thaliana root endosphere.
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Peng MY, Zhang XJ, Huang T, Zhong XZ, Chai LJ, Lu ZM, Shi JS, Xu ZH. Komagataeibacter europaeus improves community stability and function in solid-state cereal vinegar fermentation ecosystem: Non-abundant species plays important role. Food Res Int 2021; 150:110815. [PMID: 34863491 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Solid-state fermentation of Chinese traditional cereal vinegar is a complex and retractable ecosystem with multi-species involved, including few abundant and many non-abundant species. However, the roles of non-abundant species in vinegar fermentation remain unknown. Here, we studied the assembly and co-occurrence patterns for abundant and non-abundant bacterial sub-communities using Zhenjiang aromatic vinegar fermentation as a model system. Our results showed that the change of reducing sugar and total titratable acid were the main driving forces for the assembly of abundant and non-abundant sub-communities, respectively. The non-abundant sub-community was more sensitive to the environmental variation of acetic acid fermentation (AAF) process. Integrated co-occurrence network revealed that non-abundant sub-communities occupied most of the nodes in the network, which play fundamental roles in network stability. Importantly, non-abundant species-Komagataeibacter europaeus, showed the highest value of degree in the co-occurrence network, implying its importance for the metabolic function and resilience of the microbial community. Bioaugmentation of K. europaeus JNP1 verified that it can effectively modulate bacterial composition and improve the robustness of co-occurrence network in situ, accompanied by (i) increased acetic acid content (14.78%) and decreased reducing sugar content (40.38%); and (ii) increased the gene numbers of phosphogluconate dehydratase (212.24%) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (192.31%). Overall, the results showed that non-abundant bacteria could be used to regulate the desired metabolic function of the community, and might play an important ecological significance in traditional fermented foods.
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- Ming-Ye Peng
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Solid-State Brewing, Luzhou 646000, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Products Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Solid-State Brewing, Luzhou 646000, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Bioactive Products Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Solid-State Brewing, Luzhou 646000, PR China.
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Connolly JA, Harcombe WR, Smanski MJ, Kinkel LL, Takano E, Breitling R. Harnessing intercellular signals to engineer the soil microbiome. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 39:311-324. [PMID: 34850800 DOI: 10.1039/d1np00034a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Covering: Focus on 2015 to 2020Plant and soil microbiomes consist of diverse communities of organisms from across kingdoms and can profoundly affect plant growth and health. Natural product-based intercellular signals govern important interactions between microbiome members that ultimately regulate their beneficial or harmful impacts on the plant. Exploiting these evolved signalling circuits to engineer microbiomes towards beneficial interactions with crops is an attractive goal. There are few reports thus far of engineering the intercellular signalling of microbiomes, but this article argues that it represents a tremendous opportunity for advancing the field of microbiome engineering. This could be achieved through the selection of synergistic consortia in combination with genetic engineering of signal pathways to realise an optimised microbiome.
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- Jack A Connolly
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, Saint Paul, MN55108, USA.,Department of Evolution, and Behaviour, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities Saint Paul, MN55108, USA
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- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, Saint Paul, MN55108, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, Saint Paul, MN55108, USA
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- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, Saint Paul, MN55108, USA.,Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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