The endophytic microbiota of Citrus limon is transmitted from seed to shoot highlighting differences of bacterial and fungal community structures

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 7078 - 12
• Main Authors: Faddetta, Teresa, Abbate, Loredana, Alibrandi, Pasquale, Arancio, Walter, Siino, Davide, Strati, Francesco, De Filippo, Carlotta, Fatta Del Bosco, Sergio, Carimi, Francesco, Puglia, Anna Maria, Cardinale, Massimiliano, Gallo, Giuseppe, Mercati, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.03.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326; 631/326/171; 631/326/2522; 631/326/2565; Acid production; Bacteria; Citrus limon; Colonization; Confocal microscopy; Crops; Endophytes; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Humanities and Social Sciences; Indoleacetic acid; Localization; Microbiota; multidisciplinary; Next-generation sequencing; Phyllosphere; Rhizosphere; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seed germination; Seedlings; Seeds; Shoots; Solubilization

Citrus limon (L.) Burm. F. is an important evergreen fruit crop whose rhizosphere and phyllosphere microbiota  have been characterized, while seed microbiota is still unknown. Bacterial and fungal endophytes were isolated from C. limon surface-sterilized seeds. The isolated fungi—belonging to Asperg...