Biotic interactions, evolutionary forces and the pan-plant specialized metabolism DOI Creative Commons
Sophie de Vries, Ivo Feußner

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 379(1914)

Published: Sept. 29, 2024

Plant specialized metabolism has a complex evolutionary history. Some aspects are conserved across the green lineage, but many metabolites unique to certain lineages. The network of continuously diversified, simplified or reshaped during evolution streptophytes. Many routes pan-plant involved in plant defence. Biotic interactions recalled as major drivers lineage-specific metabolomic diversification. However, consequences this diversity context terrestrialization and land diversification into lineages bryophytes, lycophytes, ferns, gymnosperms angiosperms remain only little explored. Overall, hampers conclusions on scenarios that shaped metabolism. Recent efforts have brought forth new streptophyte model systems, an increase genetically accessible species from distinct lineages, functional data plants metabolic pathways. In review, we will integrate recent immune system with molecular its recognition. Based provide contextual framework metabolism, shape it impact adaptation terrestrial environment. This article is part theme issue ‘The metabolism’.

Language: Английский

Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss DOI Open Access
Raquel S. Peixoto, Christian R. Voolstra, Michael Sweet

et al.

Nature Microbiology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 7(11), P. 1726 - 1735

Published: July 21, 2022

Language: Английский

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Host specificity of the gut microbiome DOI
Elizabeth K. Mallott, Katherine R. Amato

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 19(10), P. 639 - 653

Published: May 27, 2021

Language: Английский

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The Origin of Niches and Species in the Bacterial World DOI Creative Commons
Fernando Baquero, Teresa M. Coque, Juan Carlos Galán

et al.

Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: March 17, 2021

Niches are spaces for the biological units of selection, from cells to complex communities. In a broad sense, “species” individuation. do not exist without individual organisms, and every organism has niche. We use “niche” in Hutchinsonian sense as an abstraction multidimensional environmental space characterized by variety conditions, both biotic abiotic, whose quantitative ranges determine positive or negative growth rates microbial individual, typically species, but also parts communities species contained this space. Microbial organisms (“species”) constantly diversify, such diversification (radiation) depends on possibility opening up unexploited insufficiently exploited niches. Niche exploitation frequently implies “niche construction,” colonized niche evolves with time, giving rise new potential subniches, thereby influencing selection series variants progeny. The evolution niches is result reciprocal interacting processes that form single unified process. Centrifugal expands limits species’ while centripetal cohesive process occurs simultaneously, mediated horizontal gene transfers recombinatorial events, condensing all information recovered during diversifying specialization into “novel organisms” (possible future species), creating more niche, where selfishness organism(s) establishes “homeostatic power” limiting niche’s variation. Once full carrying capacity been reached, reproductive isolation occurs, no foreign can outcompete established population/community, facilitating speciation. case individualization-speciation microbiota, its contribution animal’ gut structure type crosstalk between (host) microorganism(s). Lastly, there parallelism hierarchy individuals. increasing anthropogenic effects biosphere (such globalization) might reduce diversity bacterial individuals, emergence highly transmissible multispecialists (which eventually deleterious) resulting homogenization microbiosphere, should be explored prevented.

Language: Английский

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Microbe‐mediated adaptation in plants DOI
Renee H. Petipas, Monica A. Geber, Jennifer A. Lau

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Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 24(7), P. 1302 - 1317

Published: April 29, 2021

Abstract Interactions with microbial symbionts have yielded great macroevolutionary innovations across the tree of life, like origins chloroplasts and mitochondrial powerhouses eukaryotic cells. There is also increasing evidence that host‐associated microbiomes influence patterns microevolutionary adaptation in plants animals. Here we describe how microbes can facilitate to test for differentiate between two main mechanisms by which produce adaptive responses higher organisms: microbe‐mediated local plasticity. Microbe‐mediated when plant genotypes fitness than foreign because a genotype‐specific affiliation locally beneficial microbes. plasticity occurs phenotypes, elicited either community or non‐microbial environment, phenotypes as result interactions These effects on be difficult from traditional modes but may prevalent. Ignoring lead erroneous conclusions about traits underlying adaptation, hindering management decisions conservation, restoration, agriculture.

Language: Английский

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Microbiome breeding: conceptual and practical issues DOI Creative Commons
Ulrich G. Mueller, Timothy A. Linksvayer

Trends in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 30(10), P. 997 - 1011

Published: May 18, 2022

Language: Английский

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Immunogenetic variation shapes the gut microbiome in a natural vertebrate population DOI Creative Commons
Charli S. Davies, Sarah F. Worsley, Kathryn H. Maher

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Microbiome, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10(1)

Published: March 8, 2022

The gut microbiome (GM) can influence many biological processes in the host, impacting its health and survival, but GM also be influenced by host's traits. In vertebrates, Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes play a pivotal role combatting pathogens are thought to shape GM. Despite this-and documented importance of both MHC variation individual fitness-few studies have investigated association between wild.

Language: Английский

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Genetic determinants of switchgrass-root-associated microbiota in field sites spanning its natural range DOI Creative Commons
Joseph Edwards,

Usha Bishnoi Saran,

Jason Bonnette

et al.

Current Biology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 33(10), P. 1926 - 1938.e6

Published: April 19, 2023

A fundamental goal in plant microbiome research is to determine the relative impacts of host and environmental effects on root microbiota composition, particularly how genotype bacterial community composition. Most studies characterizing effect undersample genetic diversity grow plants outside their native ranges, making associations between microbes difficult interpret. Here, we characterized a large panel switchgrass, North American C4 bioenergy crop, three field locations spanning its range. Our data, composed 1,961 samples, suggest that location primary determinant composition; however, substantial heritable variation widespread across taxa, especially those Sphingomonadaceae family. Despite diverse compositions, relatively few highly prevalent taxa make up majority switchgrass microbiota, fraction which shared sites. Local genotypes preferentially recruit/filter for local microbes, supporting idea affinity microbiota. Using genome-wide association, identified loci impacting abundance >400 microbial strains found an enrichment genes involved immune responses, signaling pathways, secondary metabolism. We associated with over half core (i.e., >80% samples), regardless location. Finally, show relationship basal immunity pathway abundances This study brings us closer harnessing manipulating beneficial via genetics.

Language: Английский

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The evolution of complex Metarhizium-insect-plant interactions DOI
Raymond J. St. Leger

Fungal Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 128(8), P. 2513 - 2528

Published: Jan. 6, 2024

Language: Английский

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Partner or perish: tree microbiomes and climate change DOI
Sarah Addison, Megan A. Rúa, Simeon J. Smaill

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Trends in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 29(9), P. 1029 - 1040

Published: April 18, 2024

Language: Английский

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Exploring climate‐related gut microbiome variation in bumble bees: An experimental and observational perspective DOI Creative Commons
Fabienne Maihoff,

Lukas Bofinger,

Kristof Brenzinger

et al.

Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 106(3)

Published: March 1, 2025

Abstract Rising temperatures negatively affect bumble bee fitness directly through physiological impacts and indirectly by disrupting mutualistic interactions between bees other organisms, which are crucial in determining species‐specific responses to climate change. Gut microbial symbionts, key regulators of host nutrition health, may be the Achilles' heel thermal insects. They not only modulate biotic with plants pathogens but also exhibit varying sensitivity themselves. Understanding how environmental changes disrupt microbiome communities is a first step determine potential consequences for population responses. We analyzed gut bacterial six species inhabiting different climatic niches along an elevational gradient German Alps using 16S ribosomal DNA amplicon sequencing. investigated whether inter‐ intraspecific differences can linked species' niches, differ temperature, flower resource composition, likely pathogen pressure. A reciprocal translocation experiment distinct regions tested Bombus terrestris lucorum change short‐term when exposed new environments. Finally, we these heat cold wave scenarios within chambers disentangle pure temperature‐driven effects on from effects. Interspecific variation composition exceeded variation. Species levels stability, where stability defined as within‐group variance: lower indicated greater variance, predominantly observed higher elevations. Transplanted showed subtle adjustments, marked increase Lactobacillaceae upon exposure warmer regions; however, microbiomes did under laboratory temperature scenarios. conclude that could lead For example, less stable elevations might indicate increased pathogens. Short‐term following relatively microbiomes, such B. , rapidly integrate bacteria, their capacity cope environments

Language: Английский

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