Affiliation:
1. University of Limerick
Abstract
Abstract
Background and Aims
Bacterial communities in tuberospheres (soil attached to potato tubers) and levels of bacterial sulfur cycling in this compartment have been overlooked in healthy potato plants to date. Here, we aimed to describe the structure and composition of tuberosphere bacteriomes and its sulfur cycling capability using the rhizosphere and bulk soil bacterial community characteristics as a reference.
Methods
We collected rhizosphere and tuberosphere soil along with bulk soil from two field grown potato varieties with different properties. Bacterial communities were characterized by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Bacterial sulfur cycling indicators were evaluated with cultivation dependent and independent methods and were correlated (Spearman) with the relative abundance of bacterial families.
Results
The structure of tuberosphere bacterial communities either overlapped with the bulk soil or had similarities with the rhizosphere. Relative abundance of specific bacterial families increased or decreased from bulk soil to tuberosphere and rhizosphere continuum. Tuberospheres had a tendency for higher arylsulfonate utilization compared to bulk soil. The families Sphindomonadaceae, Sphingobacteriaceae and Rhizobiaceae which presented a decline in their relative abundances from the rhizosphere to tuberosphere and bulk soil had positive correlations with sulfur cycling indicators.
Conclusion
Potato variety and soil characteristics played a role in structuring the tuberosphere bacterial communities. Tuberospheres represent a transitional environment between bulk soil and rhizosphere indicative from the intermediate relative abundances of specific bacterial families. A moderate stimulation of bacterial sulfur cycling activity in tuberospheres suggests that this microbial function may serve specific biological roles for potato tubers.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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