Tegopoulos Konstantinos, Tsirka Theodora, Stekas Christos, Gerasimidi Eleni, Skavdis George, Kolovos Petros, Grigoriou Maria E
Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Microorganisms. 2024 Mar 14;12(3):577. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12030577.
, an economically significant grapevine species, is known for wine, juice, and table grape production. The berries of wine grapes host a diverse range of microorganisms influencing both grapevine health and the winemaking process. Indigenous to Greece, the emblematic variety Assyrtiko, renowned for high-quality white wines, originated from Santorini and spread to various Greek regions. Despite existing studies on the microbiota of several varieties, the carposphere microbiota of Assyrtiko grapes remains unexplored. Thus, we conducted a spatiotemporal metagenomic study to identify the epiphytic microbial community composition of Assyrtiko grapes. The study was conducted in two consecutive vintage years (2019 and 2020) across three different and distinct viticulture regions in Greece (Attica, Thessaloniki, Evros). We performed amplicon sequencing, targeting the 16S rRNA gene for bacteria and the ITS region for fungi, with subsequent comprehensive bioinformatic analysis. Our data indicate that the distribution and relative abundance of the epiphytic carposphere microbial communities of the Assyrtiko variety are shaped both by vintage and biogeography.
作为一种具有重要经济意义的葡萄品种,以葡萄酒、果汁和鲜食葡萄生产而闻名。酿酒葡萄的果实中存在着各种各样的微生物,这些微生物会影响葡萄藤的健康以及酿酒过程。标志性品种阿斯蒂科(Assyrtiko)原产于希腊,以高品质白葡萄酒而闻名,它起源于圣托里尼岛,并传播到希腊的各个地区。尽管已有多项关于多个葡萄品种微生物群的研究,但阿斯蒂科葡萄的果际微生物群仍未得到探索。因此,我们开展了一项时空宏基因组学研究,以确定阿斯蒂科葡萄的附生微生物群落组成。该研究在希腊的三个不同且独特的葡萄种植区(阿提卡、塞萨洛尼基、埃夫罗斯)连续两个年份(2019年和2020年)进行。我们进行了扩增子测序,针对细菌的16S rRNA基因和真菌的ITS区域进行测序,并随后进行了全面的生物信息学分析。我们的数据表明,阿斯蒂科品种附生果际微生物群落的分布和相对丰度受年份和生物地理学的影响。