Microbial taxonomical composition in spruce phyllosphere, but not community functional structure, varies by geographical location

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Zeitschriftentitel:	PeerJ
Personen und Körperschaften:	Li, Yunshi, Wu, Xiukun, Wang, Wanfu, Wang, Minghao, Zhao, Changming, Chen, Tuo, Liu, Guangxiu, Zhang, Wei, Li, Shiweng, Zhou, Huaizhe, Wu, Minghui, Yang, Ruiqi, Zhang, Gaosen
In:	PeerJ, 7, 2019, S. e7376
Format:	E-Article
Sprache:	Englisch
veröffentlicht:	PeerJ
Schlagwörter:	General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Medicine General Neuroscience

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Zusammenfassung:	<jats:p>Previous studies indicate that the plant phenotypic traits eventually shape its microbiota due to the community assembly based on the functional types. If so, the distance-related variations of microbial communities are mostly only in taxonomical composition due to the different seeds pool, and there is no difference in microbial community functional structure if the location associated factors would not cause phenotypical variations in plants. We test this hypothesis by investigating the phyllospheric microbial community from five species of spruce (<jats:italic>Picea</jats:italic>spp.) trees that planted similarly but at three different locations. Results indicated that the geographical location affected microbial taxonomical compositions and had no effect on the community functional structure. In fact, this actually leads to a spurious difference in the microbial community. Our findings suggest that, within similar host plants, the phyllosphere microbial communities with differing taxonomical compositions might be functionally similar.</jats:p>
Umfang:	e7376
ISSN:	2167-8359
DOI:	10.7717/peerj.7376