Is the plant-associated microbiota of Thymus spp. adapted to plant essential oil?
| Autor: | Anna Rita Bilia, Fabio Firenzuoli, Alessio Mengoni, Guido Flamini, Isabel Maida, Alice Checcucci, Cristina Ninno, Sauro Biffi, Giovanni Bacci, Renato Fani |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Checcucci A., Maida I., Bacci G., Ninno C., Bilia A.R., Biffi S., Firenzuoli F., Flamini G., Fani R., Mengoni A. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
030106 microbiology Thymus vulgaris Plant Roots Microbiology Plant Oil Essential oil law.invention Thymus Plant 03 medical and health sciences Soil Bacterial colonization Medicinal plants law Botany Endophytes Oils Volatile Plant Oils Host plants Thymus citriodorus Thymu Adaptation Chemical composition Molecular Biology biology Microbiota Medicinal plant Plant Root General Medicine biology.organism_classification Bacterial endophytes Adaptation Physiological Bacterial Load Endophyte Thymus Plant Leaves 030104 developmental biology Bacterial endophyte Plant microbiota Composition (visual arts) Plant Leave |
| Popis: | We examined whether the microbiota of two related aromatic thyme species, Thymus vulgaris and Thymus citriodorus, differs in relation to the composition of the respective essential oil (EO). A total of 576 bacterial isolates were obtained from three districts (leaves, roots and rhizospheric soil). They were taxonomically characterized and inspected for tolerance to the EO from the two thyme species. A district-related taxonomic pattern was found. In particular, high taxonomic diversity among the isolates from leaves was detected. Moreover, data obtained revealed a differential pattern of resistance of the isolates to EOs extracted from T. vulgaris and T. citriodorus , which was interpreted in terms of differing chemical composition of the EO of their respective host plants. In conclusion, we suggest that bacterial colonization of leaves in Thymus spp. is influenced by the EO present in leaf glandular tissue as one of the selective forces shaping endophytic community composition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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