The Root-Associated Microbial Community of the World’s Highest Growing Vascular Plants

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Angel, R. - Conrad, R. - Dvorský, Miroslav - Kopecký, Martin - Kotilínek, M. - Hiiesalu, Inga - Schweingruber, F. H. - Doležal, Jiří
The Root-Associated Microbial Community of the World’s Highest Growing Vascular Plants.
Microbial Ecology. Roč. 72, č. 2 (2016), s. 394-406. ISSN 0095-3628. E-ISSN 1432-184X
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: vascular plants * upward migration * subnival soil * plant-associated bacteria
Kód oboru RIV: EF - Botanika
Impakt faktor: 3.630, rok: 2016

In summer 2012, the presence of six vascular plants, was recorded at an unprecedented elevation of 6150 m.a.s.l. in the Western Himalayas (Ladakh, India). To learn about the role of microbes in the process of plant upward migration, we analysed the root-associated microbial community of the plants using microscopy and tagged amplicon sequencing. Despite taxonomic similarity on the order level, the plants harboured a unique set of highly dominant operational taxonomic units which were not found in the bare soil. The results indicate that developing soils act not only as a source of inoculation to plant roots but also possibly as a sink for plant-associated bacteria.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0265649