Hernández-Tasco Alvaro José, Tronchini Rafaela Aparecida, Apaza-Castillo Gladys Angélica, Hosaka Guilherme Kenichi, Quiñones Nataly Ruiz, Goulart Marcela Cristina, Fantinatti-Garboggini Fabiana, Salvador Marcos José
Institute of Biology, Department of Plant Biology, PPG-BTPB, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Institute of Biology, Department of Plant Biology, PPG-BTPB, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Microbiol Res. 2023 Jun;271:127365. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127365. Epub 2023 Mar 25.
Sinningia is a genus of plants of Gesneriaceae family with species native to Brazil and is a source of several classes of bioactive secondary metabolites, such as quinones, terpenoids, flavonoids, and phenylethanoid glycosides. However, the diversity of endophytic microorganisms associated with them and the impact of endophytes on the biosynthesis of bioactive substances is unknown. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the microbial diversity, behavior, and frequency of endophytes in leaves blades of S. magnifica, S. schiffneri, and S. speciosa. These plants were collected in different regions and environments of Brazil and were studied comparatively for three consecutive years. The total DNA obtained from the blades of the plant leaves were sequenced by the Illumina MiSeq platform, followed by bioinformatics analysis to assess the microbial diversity of endophytes associated with each plant species and study year. The results of the taxonomic diversity showed a dynamic microbial community, which contained several bacterial phyla among them, Actinomycetota, Bacteroidota, Bacillota, and Pseudomonadota, and for the fungal phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. Comparing the three years of study, the richness of the genera, over time, was decreasing, with signs of recovery towards the third year. The alpha and beta diversity indices confirm a great phylogenetic richness in the endophytic communities of bacteria and fungi associated with the leaf blades of Sinningia. However, these communities are comparatively little conserved, showing population and taxonomic changes of the microorganisms over time, possibly as a measure of adjustment to environmental conditions, evidencing both its fragility and versatility against the effects of environmental change on its endophytic microbial communities.
辛氏苣苔属是苦苣苔科的一个植物属,其物种原产于巴西,是几类生物活性次生代谢产物的来源,如醌类、萜类、黄酮类和苯乙醇苷类。然而,与其相关的内生微生物的多样性以及内生菌对生物活性物质生物合成的影响尚不清楚。因此,我们试图评估壮丽辛氏苣苔、希氏辛氏苣苔和美丽辛氏苣苔叶片中内生菌的微生物多样性、行为和频率。这些植物在巴西的不同地区和环境中采集,并连续三年进行比较研究。通过Illumina MiSeq平台对从植物叶片中获得的总DNA进行测序,随后进行生物信息学分析,以评估与每个植物物种和研究年份相关的内生菌的微生物多样性。分类多样性结果显示了一个动态的微生物群落,其中包含几个细菌门,放线菌门、拟杆菌门、芽孢杆菌门和假单胞菌门,以及真菌门子囊菌门和担子菌门。比较三年的研究,随着时间的推移,属的丰富度在下降,到第三年有恢复的迹象。α和β多样性指数证实了与辛氏苣苔叶片相关的细菌和真菌内生群落具有很大的系统发育丰富度。然而,这些群落的保守性相对较低,显示出微生物的种群和分类随时间的变化,这可能是对环境条件的一种适应措施,证明了其内生微生物群落对环境变化影响的脆弱性和适应性。