Terhonen , E , Blumenstein , K , Kovalchuk , A & Asiegbu , F O 2019 , ' Forest Tree Microbiomes and Associated Fungal Endophytes : Functional Roles and Impact on Forest Health ' , Forests , vol. 10 , no. 1 , 42 . https://doi.org/10.3390/f10010042
Title: | Forest Tree Microbiomes and Associated Fungal Endophytes : Functional Roles and Impact on Forest Health |
Author: | Terhonen, Eeva; Blumenstein, Kathrin; Kovalchuk, Andriy; Asiegbu, Fred O. |
Contributor organization: | Department of Forest Sciences Forest Ecology and Management Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS) Frederick Asiegbu / Principal Investigator |
Date: | 2019-01 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 32 |
Belongs to series: | Forests |
ISSN: | 1999-4907 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/f10010042 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/300667 |
Abstract: | Terrestrial plants including forest trees are generally known to live in close association with microbial organisms. The inherent features of this close association can be commensalism, parasitism or mutualism. The term microbiota has been used to describe this ecological community of plant-associated pathogenic, mutualistic, endophytic and commensal microorganisms. Many of these microbiota inhabiting forest trees could have a potential impact on the health of, and disease progression in, forest biomes. Comparatively, studies on forest tree microbiomes and their roles in mutualism and disease lag far behind parallel work on crop and human microbiome projects. Very recently, our understanding of plant and tree microbiomes has been enriched due to novel technological advances using metabarcoding, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics approaches. In addition, the availability of massive DNA databases (e.g., NCBI (USA), EMBL (Europe), DDBJ (Japan), UNITE (Estonia)) as well as powerful computational and bioinformatics tools has helped to facilitate data mining by researchers across diverse disciplines. Available data demonstrate that plant phyllosphere bacterial communities are dominated by members of only a few phyla (Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes). In bulk forest soil, the dominant fungal group is Basidiomycota, whereas Ascomycota is the most prevalent group within plant tissues. The current challenge, however, is how to harness and link the acquired knowledge on microbiomes for translational forest management. Among tree-associated microorganisms, endophytic fungal biota are attracting a lot of attention for their beneficial health- and growth-promoting effects, and were preferentially discussed in this review. |
Subject: |
microbiota
microbiome endophytes fungi forest trees DARK SEPTATE ENDOPHYTES PHIALOCEPHALA-FORTINII S.L. BIOACTIVE SECONDARY METABOLITES RUGULOSIN-PRODUCING ENDOPHYTE INDUCED SYSTEMIC RESISTANCE POPULATION GENETIC-ANALYSIS NORWAY-SPRUCE SEEDLINGS PINE PINUS-SYLVESTRIS ROOT ENDOPHYTES ACEPHALA-APPLANATA 1183 Plant biology, microbiology, virology 4112 Forestry |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Rights: | cc_by |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
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