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Root, Nodule and Soil Bacterial Communities Associated With the Invasive Nitrogen-Fixing Lupinus polyphyllus
Authors: Ramula, Satu; Mousavi, Seyed Abdollah; Vesterinen, Eero J.
Publisher: Wiley
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Ecology and Evolution
Journal name in source: Ecology and Evolution
Article number: e70669
Volume: 14
Issue: 12
eISSN: 2045-7758
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70669
Web address : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ece3.70669
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/477266939
Plants host microorganisms that can facilitate their success in becoming invasive. Established plant invasions might thus provide useful insights into potential changes in plant-associated microbiomes over the course of the invasion process. Here, we investigated the endophytic bacterial communities of the invasive herbaceous legume Lupinus polyphyllus, which is able to form mutualistic associations with N-fixing bacteria. More specifically, we examined the alpha diversity (observed bacterial taxa richness and Shannon diversity) and composition of bacterial communities in roots and nodules sampled from core and edge locations within 10 established invasion sites (> 10 years old) in southwestern Finland. Moreover, we compared the alpha diversity and structure of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere and bulk soil between core and edge locations within these invasion sites. We found that roots and nodules had distinctive endophytic bacterial communities, with roots having 24\% higher bacterial alpha diversity (Shannon diversity) than nodules. In nodules, the dominant bacteria were assigned to the family Bradyrhizobiaceae, which includes N-fixing bacteria. Soil bacterial communities, instead, were shaped by soil type, with bulk soil hosting up to 27\% higher alpha diversity (richness and Shannon diversity) than rhizosphere soil; however, there was no apparent difference in their community composition. Soil bacterial communities were only weakly associated with soil chemistry. Endophytic and soil bacterial communities did not differ between core and edge locations within the established invasions. Our findings suggest that L. polyphyllus may not induce dramatic changes in the bacterial communities with which it associates over the course of the local invasion process.
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This study was financially supported by the Research Council of Finland (#331046 to SR)