Drought delays development of the sorghum root microbiome and enriches for monoderm bacteria

Autor: Erika M. Zink, Ling Xu, Young-Mo Kim, Cheng Gao, Yi Wang, Devon Birdseye, Julie A. Sievert, Stephanie DeGraaf, Devin Coleman-Derr, Grady Pierroz, Kristin Engbrecht, Henrik Vibe Scheller, Joy Hollingsworth, Kim K. Hixson, Christer Jansson, Jeffery A. Dahlberg, Zhaobin Dong, Peggy G. Lemaux, Tuesday Simmons, Robert B. Hutmacher, Dan Naylor, Mary Madera, John W. Taylor
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Xu, L; Naylor, D; Dong, Z; Simmons, T; Pierroz, G; Hixson, KK; et al.(2018). Drought delays development of the sorghum root microbiome and enriches for monoderm bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(18), E4284-E4293. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717308115. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8n26v7bf
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 115, iss 18
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Popis: © 2018 National Academy of Sciences. All Rights Reserved. Drought stress is a major obstacle to crop productivity, and the severity and frequency of drought are expected to increase in the coming century. Certain root-associated bacteria have been shown to mitigate the negative effects of drought stress on plant growth, and manipulation of the crop microbiome is an emerging strategy for overcoming drought stress in agricultural systems, yet the effect of drought on the development of the root microbiome is poorly understood. Through 16S rRNA amplicon and metatranscriptome sequencing, as well as root metabolomics, we demonstrate that drought delays the development of the early sorghum root microbiome and causes increased abundance and activity of monoderm bacteria, which lack an outer cell membrane and contain thick cell walls. Our data suggest that altered plant metabolism and increased activity of bacterial ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter genes are correlated with these shifts in community composition. Finally, inoculation experiments with monoderm isolates indicate that increased colonization of the root during drought can positively impact plant growth. Collectively, these results demonstrate the role that drought plays in restructuring the root microbiome and highlight the importance of temporal sampling when studying plant-associated microbiomes.
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