Park Ji-Woo, Yun Yeo-Eun, Cho Jin Ah, Yoon Su-In, In Su-A, Park Eun-Jin, Kim Min-Soo
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Department of Food and Nutrition, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Nat Commun. 2025 Apr 10;16(1):3427. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58856-6.
Fresh vegetables harbor diverse microorganisms on leaf surfaces, yet their viral communities remain unexplored. We investigate the diversity and ecology of phyllosphere viromes of six leafy green vegetables using virus-like particle (VLP) enrichment and shotgun metagenome sequencing. On average, 9.2 × 10 viruses are present per gram of leaf tissue. The majority (93.1 ± 6.2%) of these viruses are taxonomically unclassified. Virome compositions are distinct among vegetable types and exhibit temporal variations. Virulent phages with replication-enhancing auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) are more dominant than temperate phages with host fitness-benefiting AMGs. Analysis of 1498 human fecal VLP metagenomes reveals that approximately 10% of vegetable viruses are present in the human gut virome, including viruses commonly observed in multiple studies. These gut-associated vegetable viruses are enriched with short-term vegetable intake, and depleted in individuals with metabolic and immunologic disorders. Overall, this study elucidates the ecological contribution of the fresh vegetable virome to human gut virome diversity.
新鲜蔬菜的叶片表面存在多种微生物,但其病毒群落仍未得到探索。我们使用病毒样颗粒(VLP)富集和鸟枪法宏基因组测序技术,研究了六种叶菜类蔬菜叶际病毒组的多样性和生态学。平均每克叶片组织中存在9.2×10个病毒。这些病毒中的大多数(93.1±6.2%)在分类学上未被分类。病毒组组成在不同蔬菜类型之间存在差异,并呈现出时间变化。具有增强复制辅助代谢基因(AMGs)的烈性噬菌体比具有利于宿主适应性的AMGs的温和噬菌体更占优势。对1498个人类粪便VLP宏基因组的分析表明,约10%的蔬菜病毒存在于人类肠道病毒组中,包括在多项研究中常见的病毒。这些与肠道相关的蔬菜病毒在短期蔬菜摄入时会富集,而在患有代谢和免疫疾病的个体中则会减少。总体而言,本研究阐明了新鲜蔬菜病毒组对人类肠道病毒组多样性的生态贡献。