Microbial Community Succession Associated with Poplar Wood Discoloration
Microbes are common inhabitants of wood, but little is known about the relationship between microbial community dynamics during wood discoloration. This study uses simulation experiments to examine the changes in the microbial communities in poplar wood at different succession stages. The compositio...
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| author | Xiaohua Zhang Hao Liu Heming Han Bo Zhang Cunzhi Zhang Jian He Shunpeng Li Hui Cao |
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| description | Microbes are common inhabitants of wood, but little is known about the relationship between microbial community dynamics during wood discoloration. This study uses simulation experiments to examine the changes in the microbial communities in poplar wood at different succession stages. The composition and structure of the microbial communities changed significantly in different successional stages, with an overarching pattern of bacterial diversity decreasing and fungal diversity increasing from the early to the late successional stages. Nevertheless, succession did not affect the composition of the microbial communities at the phylum level: Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria dominated the bacterial communities, while Ascomycota and Basidiomycota dominated the fungal communities. However, at the genus level, bacterial populations of <i>Sphingomonas</i> and <i>Methylobacterium</i>, and fungal populations of <i>Sphaeropsis</i> were significantly more prevalent in later successional stages. Stochastic assembly processes were dominant in the early successional stages for bacteria and fungi. However, variable selection played a more critical role in the assembly processes as succession proceeded, with bacterial communities evolving towards more deterministic processes and fungal communities towards more stochastic processes. Altogether, our results suggest that bacteria and fungi exhibit different ecological strategies in poplar wood. Understanding those strategies, the resulting changes in community structures over time, and the relationship to the different stages of poplar discoloration, is vital to the biological control of that discoloration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4d8a7c1b8d54e0994d24d782e36bacb2023-11-23T18:27:38ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-09-011118242010.3390/plants11182420Microbial Community Succession Associated with Poplar Wood DiscolorationXiaohua Zhang0Hao Liu1Heming Han2Bo Zhang3Cunzhi Zhang4Jian He5Shunpeng Li6Hui Cao7Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaMicrobes are common inhabitants of wood, but little is known about the relationship between microbial community dynamics during wood discoloration. This study uses simulation experiments to examine the changes in the microbial communities in poplar wood at different succession stages. The composition and structure of the microbial communities changed significantly in different successional stages, with an overarching pattern of bacterial diversity decreasing and fungal diversity increasing from the early to the late successional stages. Nevertheless, succession did not affect the composition of the microbial communities at the phylum level: Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria dominated the bacterial communities, while Ascomycota and Basidiomycota dominated the fungal communities. However, at the genus level, bacterial populations of <i>Sphingomonas</i> and <i>Methylobacterium</i>, and fungal populations of <i>Sphaeropsis</i> were significantly more prevalent in later successional stages. Stochastic assembly processes were dominant in the early successional stages for bacteria and fungi. However, variable selection played a more critical role in the assembly processes as succession proceeded, with bacterial communities evolving towards more deterministic processes and fungal communities towards more stochastic processes. Altogether, our results suggest that bacteria and fungi exhibit different ecological strategies in poplar wood. Understanding those strategies, the resulting changes in community structures over time, and the relationship to the different stages of poplar discoloration, is vital to the biological control of that discoloration.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/18/2420poplar wooddiscolorationsuccessional stagesmicrobial compositionassembly processes |
| spellingShingle | Xiaohua Zhang Hao Liu Heming Han Bo Zhang Cunzhi Zhang Jian He Shunpeng Li Hui Cao Microbial Community Succession Associated with Poplar Wood Discoloration Plants poplar wood discoloration successional stages microbial composition assembly processes |
| title | Microbial Community Succession Associated with Poplar Wood Discoloration |
| title_full | Microbial Community Succession Associated with Poplar Wood Discoloration |
| title_fullStr | Microbial Community Succession Associated with Poplar Wood Discoloration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbial Community Succession Associated with Poplar Wood Discoloration |
| title_short | Microbial Community Succession Associated with Poplar Wood Discoloration |
| title_sort | microbial community succession associated with poplar wood discoloration |
| topic | poplar wood discoloration successional stages microbial composition assembly processes |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/18/2420 |
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