Bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant roots
Abstract Background Fungal communities around plant roots play crucial roles in maintaining plant health. Nonetheless, the responses of fungal communities to bacterial wilt disease remain poorly understood. Here, the structure and function of fungal communities across four consecutive compartments (...
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| author | Jiemeng Tao Jingjing Jin Peng Lu Shizhou Yu Mengli Gu Jinbang Wang Jianfeng Zhang Peijian Cao |
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| description | Abstract Background Fungal communities around plant roots play crucial roles in maintaining plant health. Nonetheless, the responses of fungal communities to bacterial wilt disease remain poorly understood. Here, the structure and function of fungal communities across four consecutive compartments (bulk soil, rhizosphere, rhizoplane and root endosphere) were investigated under the influence of bacterial wilt disease. Results The results showed that bacterial wilt disease caused different assembly patterns of fungal communities in the bulk soil, rhizosphere, rhizoplane and endosphere. Under the influence of bacterial wilt disease, a decreased fungal diversity was observed in the rhizoplane and endosphere, and completely different kinds of fungal genera were enriched in the four compartments. The complexity and stability of fungal networks were less affected, but the number of key fungal members in networks were significantly reduced in diseased samples. Functional predictions based on FUNGuild suggested that with the pathogen infection, saprotrophic fungi were increased in the bulk soil, but pathotrophic fungi (potential plant and animal pathogens) were increased in the rhizosphere, rhizoplane and endosphere. Conclusion This work provides a deep insight into the effects of bacterial wilt disease on fungal communities along the soil-root continuum, and is helpful to identify plant-associated beneficial fungi to resist plant disease. Clinical trial number Not applicable. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f8a03a21d6e40a7bbe5492037f1b3f72025-01-12T12:14:09ZengBMCBMC Plant Biology1471-22292025-01-0125111110.1186/s12870-025-06056-1Bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant rootsJiemeng Tao0Jingjing Jin1Peng Lu2Shizhou Yu3Mengli Gu4Jinbang Wang5Jianfeng Zhang6Peijian Cao7Beijing Life Science AcademyBeijing Life Science AcademyBeijing Life Science AcademyMolecular Genetics Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco ScienceChina Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTCChina Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTCBeijing Life Science AcademyBeijing Life Science AcademyAbstract Background Fungal communities around plant roots play crucial roles in maintaining plant health. Nonetheless, the responses of fungal communities to bacterial wilt disease remain poorly understood. Here, the structure and function of fungal communities across four consecutive compartments (bulk soil, rhizosphere, rhizoplane and root endosphere) were investigated under the influence of bacterial wilt disease. Results The results showed that bacterial wilt disease caused different assembly patterns of fungal communities in the bulk soil, rhizosphere, rhizoplane and endosphere. Under the influence of bacterial wilt disease, a decreased fungal diversity was observed in the rhizoplane and endosphere, and completely different kinds of fungal genera were enriched in the four compartments. The complexity and stability of fungal networks were less affected, but the number of key fungal members in networks were significantly reduced in diseased samples. Functional predictions based on FUNGuild suggested that with the pathogen infection, saprotrophic fungi were increased in the bulk soil, but pathotrophic fungi (potential plant and animal pathogens) were increased in the rhizosphere, rhizoplane and endosphere. Conclusion This work provides a deep insight into the effects of bacterial wilt disease on fungal communities along the soil-root continuum, and is helpful to identify plant-associated beneficial fungi to resist plant disease. Clinical trial number Not applicable.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06056-1Bacterial wilt diseaseFungal communityCommunity assemblyCo-occurrence network |
| spellingShingle | Jiemeng Tao Jingjing Jin Peng Lu Shizhou Yu Mengli Gu Jinbang Wang Jianfeng Zhang Peijian Cao Bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant roots BMC Plant Biology Bacterial wilt disease Fungal community Community assembly Co-occurrence network |
| title | Bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant roots |
| title_full | Bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant roots |
| title_fullStr | Bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant roots |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant roots |
| title_short | Bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant roots |
| title_sort | bacterial wilt disease alters the structure and function of fungal communities around plant roots |
| topic | Bacterial wilt disease Fungal community Community assembly Co-occurrence network |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06056-1 |
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