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Heritable Epichloe symbiosis shapes fungal but not bacterial communities of plant leaves



Authors: Riitta Nissinen, Marjo Helander, Manoj Kumar, Kari Saikkonen

Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

Publication year: 2019

Journal: Scientific Reports

Journal name in source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Journal acronym: SCI REP-UK

Article number: ARTN 5253

Volume: 9

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 2045-2322

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41603-5(external)

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/40090673(external)


Abstract
Keystone microbial species have driven eco-evolutionary processes since the origin of life. However, due to our inability to detect the majority of microbiota, members of diverse microbial communities of fungi, bacteria and viruses have largely been ignored as keystone species in past literature. Here we tested whether heritable Epichloe species of pooidae grasses modulate microbiota of their shared host plant.

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