Microbiome Variation Across Populations of Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis
Microbial symbionts play a significant role in plant health and stress tolerance. However, few studies exist that address rare species of core-microbiome function during abiotic stress. In the current study, we compared the microbiome composition of succulent dwarf shrub halophyte Zygophyllum qatare...
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| author | Abdul Latif Khan Abdul Latif Khan Lucas Dantas Lopes Saqib Bilal Sajjad Asaf Kerri M. Crawford Venkatesh Balan Ahmed Al-Rawahi Ahmed Al-Harrasi Daniel P. Schachtman |
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| description | Microbial symbionts play a significant role in plant health and stress tolerance. However, few studies exist that address rare species of core-microbiome function during abiotic stress. In the current study, we compared the microbiome composition of succulent dwarf shrub halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis Hadidi across desert populations. The results showed that rhizospheric and endosphere microbiome greatly varied due to soil texture (sandy and gravel). No specific bacterial amplicon sequence variants were observed in the core-microbiome of bulk soil and rhizosphere, however, bacterial genus Alcaligenes and fungal genus Acidea were abundantly distributed across root and shoot endospheres. We also analyzed major nutrients such as silicon (Si), magnesium, and calcium across different soil textures and Z. qatarensis populations. The results showed that the rhizosphere and root parts had significantly higher Si content than the bulk soil and shoot parts. The microbiome variation can be attributed to markedly higher Si – suggesting that selective microbes are contributing to the translocation of soluble Si to root. In conclusion, low core-microbiome species abundance might be due to the harsh growing conditions in the desert – making Z. qatarensis highly selective to associate with microbial communities. Utilizing rare microbial players from plant microbiomes may be vital for increasing crop stress tolerance and productivity during stresses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9086a8306d94136817c353ed677873f2023-02-17T14:06:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-03-011310.3389/fpls.2022.841217841217Microbiome Variation Across Populations of Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensisAbdul Latif Khan0Abdul Latif Khan1Lucas Dantas Lopes2Saqib Bilal3Sajjad Asaf4Kerri M. Crawford5Venkatesh Balan6Ahmed Al-Rawahi7Ahmed Al-Harrasi8Daniel P. Schachtman9Department of Engineering Technology, College of Technology, University of Houston, Sugar Land, TX, United StatesNatural and Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, OmanDepartment of Agronomy and Horticulture, Centre for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United StatesNatural and Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, OmanNatural and Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, OmanDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United StatesDepartment of Engineering Technology, College of Technology, University of Houston, Sugar Land, TX, United StatesNatural and Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, OmanNatural and Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, OmanDepartment of Agronomy and Horticulture, Centre for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United StatesMicrobial symbionts play a significant role in plant health and stress tolerance. However, few studies exist that address rare species of core-microbiome function during abiotic stress. In the current study, we compared the microbiome composition of succulent dwarf shrub halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis Hadidi across desert populations. The results showed that rhizospheric and endosphere microbiome greatly varied due to soil texture (sandy and gravel). No specific bacterial amplicon sequence variants were observed in the core-microbiome of bulk soil and rhizosphere, however, bacterial genus Alcaligenes and fungal genus Acidea were abundantly distributed across root and shoot endospheres. We also analyzed major nutrients such as silicon (Si), magnesium, and calcium across different soil textures and Z. qatarensis populations. The results showed that the rhizosphere and root parts had significantly higher Si content than the bulk soil and shoot parts. The microbiome variation can be attributed to markedly higher Si – suggesting that selective microbes are contributing to the translocation of soluble Si to root. In conclusion, low core-microbiome species abundance might be due to the harsh growing conditions in the desert – making Z. qatarensis highly selective to associate with microbial communities. Utilizing rare microbial players from plant microbiomes may be vital for increasing crop stress tolerance and productivity during stresses.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.841217/fullmicrobiomedesert succulentsZygophyllum qatarensismicrobial communitiesmicrobial diversitycore-microbiome |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Latif Khan Abdul Latif Khan Lucas Dantas Lopes Saqib Bilal Sajjad Asaf Kerri M. Crawford Venkatesh Balan Ahmed Al-Rawahi Ahmed Al-Harrasi Daniel P. Schachtman Microbiome Variation Across Populations of Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis Frontiers in Plant Science microbiome desert succulents Zygophyllum qatarensis microbial communities microbial diversity core-microbiome |
| title | Microbiome Variation Across Populations of Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis |
| title_full | Microbiome Variation Across Populations of Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis |
| title_fullStr | Microbiome Variation Across Populations of Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbiome Variation Across Populations of Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis |
| title_short | Microbiome Variation Across Populations of Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis |
| title_sort | microbiome variation across populations of desert halophyte zygophyllum qatarensis |
| topic | microbiome desert succulents Zygophyllum qatarensis microbial communities microbial diversity core-microbiome |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.841217/full |
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