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  Spatiotemporal Assembly of Bacterial and Fungal Communities of Seed-Seedling-Adult in Rice  
 
 
  Authours
 Hyun Kim and Yong-Hwan Lee
  Title  Spatiotemporal Assembly of Bacterial and Fungal Communities of Seed-Seedling-Adult in Rice
  Journal  , 2021 (12) ~
  Abstract
 Seeds harbor not only genetic information about plants but also microbial communities affecting plantsĄŻ vigor. Knowledge on the movement and formation of seed microbial communities during plant development remains insufficient. Here, we address this knowledge gap by investigating endophytic bacterial and fungal communities of seeds, seedlings, and adult rice plants. We found that seed coats act as microbial niches for seed bacterial and fungal communities. The presence or absence of the seed coat affected taxonomic composition and diversity of bacterial and fungal communities associated with seeds and seedlings. Ordination analysis showed that niche differentiation between above- and belowground compartments leads to compositional differences in endophytic bacterial and fungal communities originating from seeds. Longitudinal tracking of the composition of microbial communities from field-grown rice revealed that bacterial and fungal communities originating from seeds persist in the leaf, stem, and root endospheres throughout the life cycle. Our study provides ecological insights into the assembly of the initial endophytic microbial communities of plants from seeds.
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