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Bacterial Communities in the Rhizosphere and Phyllosphere of Halophytes and Drought-Tolerant Plants in Mediterranean Ecosystems.

Savvas Genitsaris, Natassa Stefanidou, Kleopatra Leontidou, Theodora Matsi, Katerina Karamanoli, Ifigeneia Mellidou

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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6 authors.

Savvas GenitsarisDepartment of Ecology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0585-2571
Natassa StefanidouDepartment of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9444-6403
Kleopatra LeontidouLaboratory of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Theodora MatsiSoil Science Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Katerina KaramanoliLaboratory of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ifigeneia MellidouLaboratory of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Funding

General Secretariat for Research and Technology 705Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation 705
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the bacterial community diversity and structure by means of 16S rRNA gene high-throughput amplicon sequencing, in the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of halophytes and drought-tolerant plants in Mediterranean ecosystems with different soil properties. The locations of the sampled plants included alkaline, saline-sodic soils, acidic soils, and the volcanic soils of Santorini Island, differing in soil fertility. Our results showed high bacterial richness overall with Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria dominating in terms of OTUs number and indicated that variable bacterial communities differed depending on the plant's compartment (rhizosphere and phyllosphere), the soil properties and location of sampling. Furthermore, a shared pool of generalist bacterial taxa was detected independently of sampling location, plant species, or plant compartment. We conclude that the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of native plants in stressed Mediterranean ecosystems consist of common bacterial assemblages contributing to the survival of the plant, while at the same time the discrete soil properties and environmental pressures of each habitat drive the development of a complementary bacterial community with a distinct structure for each plant and location. We suggest that this trade-off between generalist and specialist bacterial community is tailored to benefit the symbiosis with the plant.

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abiotic stressgeneralistshigh-throughput sequencingmicrobiomerhizobacteria

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PMID33142812
PMCPMC7692439

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