Microbiomes of urban trees: unveiling contributions to atmospheric pollution mitigation.

Autor:	Gandolfi I; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Canedoli C; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Rosatelli A; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.; Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Covino S; Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Cappelletti D; Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Sebastiani B; Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Tatangelo V; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Corengia D; Biotreeversity, Carugo, Italy., Pittino F; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Padoa-Schioppa E; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Báez-Matus X; Departamento de Química and Centro de Biotecnología Daniel Alkalay Lowitt, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile.; Millenium Nucleus Bioproducts, Genomics and Environmental Genomics (BioGEM), Valparaíso, Chile., Hernández L; Departamento de Química and Centro de Biotecnología Daniel Alkalay Lowitt, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile.; Millenium Nucleus Bioproducts, Genomics and Environmental Genomics (BioGEM), Valparaíso, Chile., Seeger M; Departamento de Química and Centro de Biotecnología Daniel Alkalay Lowitt, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile.; Millenium Nucleus Bioproducts, Genomics and Environmental Genomics (BioGEM), Valparaíso, Chile., Saati-Santamaría Z; Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.; Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.; Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia., García-Fraile P; Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.; Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.; Unidad Asociada Grupo de Interacción Planta-Microorganismo, Universidad de Salamanca-IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain., López-Mondéjar R; Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Murcia, Spain., Ambrosini R; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Papacchini M; Department of Technological Innovations and Safety of Plants, Products and Anthropic Settlements, Italian National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), Rome, Italy., Franzetti A; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in microbiology [Front Microbiol] 2024 Nov 11; Vol. 15, pp. 1470376. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 11 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fmicb.2024.1470376
Abstrakt:	Urban trees are crucial in delivering essential ecosystem services, including air pollution mitigation. This service is influenced by plant associated microbiomes, which can degrade hydrocarbons, support tree health, and influence ecological processes. Yet, our understanding of tree microbiomes remains limited, thus affecting our ability to assess and quantify the ecosystem services provided by trees as complex systems. The main hypothesis of this work was that tree microbiomes concur to hydrocarbon biodegradation, and was tested through three case studies, which collectively investigated two tree micro-habitats (phyllosphere and tree cavity organic soil-TCOS) under various conditions representing diverse ecological scenarios, by applying different culture-based and molecular techniques and at different scales. The integration of all results provided a more comprehensive understanding of the role of microbiomes in urban trees. Firstly, bacterial strains isolated from the phyllosphere of Quercus ilex were characterized, indicating the presence of Plant-Growth Promoting bacteria and strains able to catabolize PAHs, particularly naphthalene and phenanthrene. Secondly, naphthalene biodegradation on artificially spiked Hedera helix leaves was quantified in greenhouse experiments on inoculated and untreated plants. The persistence of the inoculated strain and community structure of epiphytic bacteria were assessed by Illumina sequencing of V5-V6 hypervariable regions of 16S rRNA gene. Results showed that naphthalene degradation was initially faster on inoculated plants but later the degradation rates became similar, probably because bacterial populations with hydrocarbon-degrading abilities gradually developed also on non-inoculated plants. Finally, we explored bacterial and fungal biodiversity hosted by TCOS samples, collected from six large trees located in an urban park and belonging to different species. Microbial communities were characterized by Illumina sequencing of V5-V6 hypervariable regions of bacterial gene 16S rRNA and of fungal ITS1. Results indicated TCOS as a distinct substrate, whose microbiome is determined both by the host tree and by canopy environmental conditions and has a pronounced aerobic hydrocarbon degradation potential. Overall, a better assessment of biodiversity associated with trees and the subsequent provision of ecosystem services constitute a first step toward developing future new microbe-driven sustainable solutions, especially in terms of support for urban green planning and management policy. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Gandolfi, Canedoli, Rosatelli, Covino, Cappelletti, Sebastiani, Tatangelo, Corengia, Pittino, Padoa-Schioppa, Báez-Matus, Hernández, Seeger, Saati-Santamaría, García-Fraile, López-Mondéjar, Ambrosini, Papacchini and Franzetti.)
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