Plant effects on microbiome composition are constrained by environmental conditions in a successional grassland

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/24:00586706 RIV/00216208:11310/24:10486374 RIV/60461373:22330/24:43929422

Result on the web

<a href="https://environmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40793-024-00550-z" target="_blank" >https://environmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40793-024-00550-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00550-z" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40793-024-00550-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Plant effects on microbiome composition are constrained by environmental conditions in a successional grassland

Original language description

BackgroundBelow-ground microbes mediate key ecosystem processes and play a vital role in plant nutrition and health. Understanding the composition of the belowground microbiome is therefore important for maintaining ecosystem stability. The structure of the belowground microbiome is largely determined by individual plants, but it is not clear how far their influence extends and, conversely, what the influence of other plants growing nearby is.ResultsTo determine the extent to which a focal host plant influences its soil and root microbiome when growing in a diverse community, we sampled the belowground bacterial and fungal communities of three plant species across a primary successional grassland sequence. The magnitude of the host effect on its belowground microbiome varied among microbial groups, soil and root habitats, and successional stages characterized by different levels of diversity of plant neighbours. Soil microbial communities were most strongly structured by sampling site and showed significant spatial patterns that were partially driven by soil chemistry. The influence of focal plant on soil microbiome was low but tended to increase with succession and increasing plant diversity. In contrast, root communities, particularly bacterial, were strongly structured by the focal plant species. Importantly, we also detected a significant effect of neighbouring plant community composition on bacteria and fungi associating with roots of the focal plants. The host influence on root microbiome varied across the successional grassland sequence and was highest in the most diverse site.ConclusionsOur results show that in a species rich natural grassland, focal plant influence on the belowground microbiome depends on environmental context and is modulated by surrounding plant community. The influence of plant neighbours is particularly pronounced in root communities which may have multiple consequences for plant community productivity and stability, stressing the importance of plant diversity for ecosystem functioning.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10606 - Microbiology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environmental Microbiome

ISSN

2524-6372

e-ISSN

2524-6372

Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

8

UT code for WoS article

001148296100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85183015635