Emergence Shapes the Structure of the Seed Microbiota

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 1257 - 1266
• Main Authors: Barret, Matthieu, Briand, Martial, Bonneau, Sophie, Préveaux, Anne, Valière, Sophie, Bouchez, Olivier, Hunault, Gilles, Simoneau, Philippe, Jacques, Marie-Agnès
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Biodiversity; Brassicaceae; Brassicaceae - growth & development; Brassicaceae - microbiology; Community composition; Ecology, environment; Flowers & plants; Fungi; Fungi - classification; Fungi - genetics; Fungi - isolation & purification; Germination; Life Sciences; Microbial activity; Microbiology; Microbiota; Plant growth; Plant Microbiology; Relative abundance; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; Seedlings; Seeds; Seeds - growth & development; Seeds - microbiology; Symbiosis; diversity; database; spermosphere; transmission; fungi; colonization; Chaetomium-globosum; bacterial community; phyllosphere; differential expression analysis

Seeds carry complex microbial communities, which may exert beneficial or deleterious effects on plant growth and plant health. To date, the composition of microbial communities associated with seeds has been explored mainly through culture-based diversity studies and therefore remains largely unknow...