Fungal communities are more sensitive to mildew than bacterial communities during tobacco storage processes

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Mildew poses a significant threat to tobacco production; however, there is limited information on the structure of the abundant and rare microbial subcommunities in moldy tobacco leaves. In this study, we employed high-throughput sequencing technology to discern the disparities in the composition, diversity, and co-occurrence patterns of abundant and rare fungal and bacterial subcommunities between moldy and normal tobacco leaves collected from Guizhou, Shanghai, and Jilin provinces, China. Furthermore, we explored the correlation between microorganisms and metabolites by integrating the metabolic profiles of moldy and normal tobacco leaves. The results showed that the fungi are more sensitive to mildew than bacteria, and that the fungal abundant taxa exhibit greater resistance and environmental adaptability than the rare taxa. The loss of rare taxa results in irreversible changes in the diversity, richness, and composition of the fungal community. Moreover, rare fungal taxa and abundant bacterial taxa played crucial roles in maintaining the stability and functionality of the tobacco microecosystem. In moldy tobacco, however, the disappearance of rare taxa as key nodes resulted in reduced connectivity and stability within the fungal network. In addition, metabolomic analysis showed that the contents of indoles, pyridines, polyketones, phenols, and peptides were significantly enriched in the moldy tobacco leaves, while the contents of amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and other compounds were significantly reduced in these leaves. Most metabolites showed negative correlations with Dothideomycetes, Alphaproteobacteria, and Gammaproteobacteria, but showed positive correlations with Eurotiales and Bacilli. This study has demonstrated that abundant fungal taxa are the predominant biological agents responsible for tobacco mildew, while bacteria may indirectly contribute to this process through the production and degradation of metabolites. KEY POINTS: • Fungi exhibited greater sensitivity to mildew of tobacco leaf compared to bacteria • Rare fungal taxa underwent significant damage during the mildew process • Mildew may damage the defense system of the tobacco leaf microecosystem.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

Enthalten in:

Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 108(2024), 1 vom: 09. Jan., Seite 88

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Jiaxi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Dongfei [VerfasserIn]
Ruan, Yibin [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Gou, Jianyu [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Xiao [VerfasserIn]

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Abundant taxa
Bacteria
Co-occurrence network
Fungi
Journal Article
Moldy tobacco
Rare taxa

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Date Completed 10.01.2024

Date Revised 17.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00253-023-12882-w

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NLM366847376