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Microbiome Variation Across Two Hemlock Species With Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation.
Dove, Nicholas C; Rogers, Timothy J; Leppanen, Christy; Simberloff, Daniel; Fordyce, James A; Brown, Veronica A; LeBude, Anthony V; Ranney, Thomas G; Cregger, Melissa A.
Affiliation
  • Dove NC; Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States.
  • Rogers TJ; Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States.
  • Leppanen C; Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States.
  • Simberloff D; Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States.
  • Fordyce JA; Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States.
  • Brown VA; Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States.
  • LeBude AV; Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Mills River, NC, United States.
  • Ranney TG; Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Mills River, NC, United States.
  • Cregger MA; Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States.
Front Microbiol ; 11: 1528, 2020.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32733417
The hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae, HWA), an invasive insect, is devastating native hemlock populations in eastern North America, and management outcomes have so far had limited success. While many plant microbiomes influence and even support plant immune responses to insect herbivory, relatively little is known about the hemlock microbiome and its interactions with pathogens or herbivores such as HWA. Using 16S rRNA and ITS gene amplicon sequencing, we characterized the needle, branch, root, and rhizosphere microbiome of two hemlock species, Tsuga canadensis and T. sieboldii, that displayed low and high levels of HWA populations. We found that both archaeal/bacterial and fungal needle communities, as well as the archaeal/bacterial branch and root communities, varied in composition in both hemlock species relative to HWA population levels. While host species and plant-associated habitats explained a greater proportion of the variance in the microbiome than did HWA population level, high HWA populations were associated with enrichment of 100 likely fungal pathogen sequence variants across the four plant-associated habitats (e.g., needle, branch, root, rhizosphere) compared to trees with lower HWA populations. This work contributes to a growing body of literature linking plant pathogens and pests with the changes in the associated plant microbiome and host health. Furthermore, this work demonstrates the need to further investigate plant microbiome effects across multiple plant tissues to understand their influences on host health.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Front Microbiol Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Switzerland

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Front Microbiol Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Switzerland