Glucosinolate structural diversity shapes recruitment of a metabolic network of leaf-associated bacteria

Autor: Kerstin Unger, Syed Ali Komail Raza, Teresa Mayer, Michael Reichelt, Johannes Stuttmann, Annika Hielscher, Ute Wittstock, Jonathan Gershenzon, Matthew T. Agler
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52679-7
Popis: Abstract Host defenses can have broader ecological roles, but how they shape natural microbiome recruitment is poorly understood. Aliphatic glucosinolates (GLSs) are secondary defense metabolites in Brassicaceae plant leaves. Their genetically defined structure shapes interactions with pests in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves, and here we find that it also shapes bacterial recruitment. In model genotype Col-0, GLSs (mostly 4-methylsulfinylbutyl-GLS) have no clear effect on natural leaf bacterial recruitment. In a genotype from a wild population, however, GLSs (mostly allyl-GLS) enrich specific taxa, mostly Comamonadaceae and Oxalobacteraceae. Consistently, Comamonadaceae are also enriched in wild A. thaliana, and Oxalobacteraceae are enriched from wild plants on allyl-GLS as carbon source, but not on 4-methylsulfinylbutyl-GLS. Recruitment differences between GLS structures most likely arise from bacterial myrosinase specificity. Community recruitment is then defined by metabolic cross-feeding among bacteria. The link of genetically defined metabolites to recruitment could lead to new strategies to shape plant microbiome balance.
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