ArticleArchives of microbiology2021
Barks from avocado trees of different geographic locations have consistent microbial communities.
Article in Archives of microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Geographic patterns and soil-to-bark microbial transmission shape microbiome assembly in tea trees.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Barking up the right tree: ecological insights into the microbiome of bald cypress tree bark.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- The Structural and Functional Diversities of Bacteria Inhabiting Plant Woody Tissues and Their Interactions with Fungi.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Key Chemical Soil Parameters for the Assembly of Rhizosphere Bacteria Associated with Avocado Cv Hass Grafted on Landrace Rootstocks.Current microbiology · 2024Article
- Algae-fungi symbioses and bacteria-fungi co-exclusion drive tree species-specific differences in canopy bark microbiomes.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Biotic interactions outweigh abiotic factors as drivers of bark microbial communities in Central European forests.ISME communications · 2024Article
- The genus Rachicladosporium: introducing new species from sooty mould communities and excluding cold adapted species.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Type II Photosynthetic Reaction Center Genes of Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Bark Microbial Communities are Dominated by Aerobic Anoxygenic Alphaproteobacteria.Current microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Bark is a permanent surface for microbial colonization at the interface of trees and the surrounding air, but little is known about its microbial communities. We used shotgun metagenomic sequencing to analyze the bark microbiomes of avocado trees from two orchards, and compared one of them to rhizospheric soil. It was shown that the microbial communities of avocado bark have a well-defined taxonomic structure, with consistent patterns of abundance of bacteria, fungi, and archaea, even in trees from two different locations. Bark microbial communities were distinct from rhizospheric soil, although they showed overlap in some taxa. Thus, avocado bark is a well-defined environment, providing niches for specific taxonomic groups, many of which are also found in other aerial plant tissues. The present in-depth characterization of bark microbial communities can form a basis for their future manipulation for agronomical purposes.
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