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Plant Compartment and Genetic Variation Drive Microbiome Composition in Switchgrass Roots Environmental Microbiology Reports (2019) 11(2), 185–195 doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12727 Plant compartment and genetic variation drive microbiome composition in switchgrass roots Esther Singer, 1* Jason Bonnette,2 3 1 Shawn C. Kenaley, Tanja Woyke and Introduction Thomas E. Juenger2* 1Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Terrestrial plants are colonized by diverse communities of Creek, CA, USA. microorganisms that can differentially affect plant health 2Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas and growth (Yeoh et al., 2017; Naylor and Coleman-Derr, Austin, Austin, TX, USA. 2018). The result of the interactions between plants and 3School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, their microbiota can be regarded as an extended plant Ithaca, NY, USA. phenotype (Price et al., 2010; Vorholt, 2012; Wagner et al., 2016; Müller et al., 2016). Understanding plant- microbe interactions is motivated by the potential to predict Summary and prevent plant disease, increase crop yield and corre- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a promising bio- late specific phenotypes to either environmental stimuli, fuel crop native to the United States with genotypes microbial activity, plant physiology or a combination that are adapted to a wide range of distinct ecosys- thereof. For example, microbes have been shown to tems. Various plants have been shown to undergo increase resource uptake and provide novel nutritional and symbioses with plant growth-promoting bacteria and defence pathways thereby contributing to plant health fungi, however, plant-associated microbial communi- (Berg, 2014; Wang et al., 2016). Plant-microbiome interac- ties of switchgrass have not been extensively studied tions appear to be cultivar-dependent, i.e. intraspecific to date. We present 16S ribosomal RNA gene and plant genetic variation can alter root and rhizosphere internal transcribed spacer (ITS) data of rhizosphere (Bressan et al., 2009; Price et al., 2010; Vorholt, 2012; and root endosphere compartments of four switch- Bulgarelli et al., 2012; Lebeis, 2015; Müller et al., 2016; grass genotypes to test the hypothesis that host Wagner et al., 2016). Hence, it is important to study natu- selection of its root microbiota prevails after transfer ral exogenous stimuli as well as host genetic variation driv- to non-native soil. We show that differences in ing the plasticity of complex plant-microbiome interactions. bacterial, archaeal and fungal community composition Switchgrass is a perennial C4 grass native to the and diversity are strongly driven by plant compart- plains of North America exhibiting phenotypic variability ment and switchgrass genotypes and ecotypes. and adaptation, especially across latitude and precipita- Plant-associated microbiota show an enrichment in tion gradients (Casler et al., 2004; Cline et al., 2007; Alphaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria as well as Casler et al., 2007a, b; Lowry et al., 2014) (Fig. 1). Sordariales and Pleosporales compared with the sur- Switchgrass genotypes are broadly classified into low- rounding soil. Root associated compartments display land and upland ecotypes, which are estimated to have low-complexity communities dominated and enriched diverged approximately 1.5-1 Mio years ago and as a in Actinobacteria, in particular Streptomyces, in the result each possess a great number of genetic varieties lowland genotypes, and in Alphaproteobacteria, (Zhang et al., 2011). Lowland ecotypes, local to the specifically Sphingobium, in the upland genotypes. Southwestern United States, are generally found in ripar- Our comprehensive root analysis serves as a snap- ian areas and floodplain habitats, and show characteristic shot of host-specific bacterial and fungal associations vigorous, tall, thick-stemmed phenotypes. Upland eco- of switchgrass in the field and confirms that host- types originate from the Northern United States, prefer selected microbiomes persist after transfer to non- colder climates, and are adapted to drier conditions, while native soil. exhibiting short, rhizomatous, thin-stemmed phenotypes. The large genetic variation exhibited by switchgrass Received 18 May, 2018; accepted 4 December, 2018. *For corre- offers the possibility to investigate host-microbiome rela- spondence. E-mail [email protected]; Tel. +1-925-296-5759; Fax 925- 927-2554. E-mail [email protected]; Tel. +1-512-232-5751; tionships as a function of plant genotype and ecotype. Fax 512-232-9529. Furthermore, previous studies showed that switchgrass © 2018 The Authors. Environmental Microbiology Reports published by Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. 186 E. Singer et al. Fig. 1. Switchgrass genotype origin and sampling scheme. A and B. Display information on switchgrass genotype origin and average annual temperature as well as average annual precipitation at each site of origin. Plant cultivars were then transferred to the Pickle (PKL) field site in Texas (red-framed star) and planted in cylinders according to the layout in (E). Soil samples were taken from within cylinders avoiding plant and root material. Colour bars in (C) compare days between green-up and flowering at original sites (*) and as observed after planting at the PKL field site (-P) for each genotype. Red dashed line marks time of sam- pling. Plant compartments sampled for this study include Rhizosphere (RS), Root-associated (RA) and soil samples from within the vicinity of selected plants (D). RA is defined as root endosphere and rhizoplane. productivity is not directly affected by fertilizer treatments across two ecotypes and four switchgrass genotypes on (Duran et al., 2016). Reasons for that could be that associated root microbial communities. The selected four switchgrass is co-limited by other nutrients, that fertilizer genotypes represent grandparent plants to an F2 map- treatments actually stimulate growth of competing weeds ping population of 100 s of progeny that allow future map- and/or that the associated microbial assemblage pro- ping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) to plant phenotypic vides sufficient N to switchgrass plants. Studying the traits associated with ecosystem adaptation and corre- difference in microbial populations in fertilized and non- lated with microbiome communities. Our goals for this fertilized plants could provide insights in this context. study were to quantitatively evaluate the relationships between plant compartment, ecotype and genotype, fertil- Some bacterial and fungal isolates retrieved from switch- izer and the taxonomic diversity and community structure grass have been characterized (Gravert and Munkvold, of bacteria, archaea and fungi. For that purpose, we ana- 2002; Ghimire et al., 2010; Bourgue et al., 2013; Xia lysed proximal soil as well as rhizosphere and root endo- et al., 2013). However, few studies looked at microbial sphere of two-year old plants half of which were fertilized. population differences associated with switchgrass geno- Because switchgrass upland and lowland genotypes are type (Uppalapati et al., 2012) and habitats (Kaufman deeply diverged, we were specifically interested to see et al., 2007; Hesselsoe et al., 2009; Kleczewski et al., whether host ecotype impacted microbiome variability 2012; Willems, 2014; Zhang et al., 2016). The effect of more than host genotype and if this is affected by fertil- plant compartment, host genotype and ecotype as well izer treatment. We report major taxonomic clades unique as fertilizer on the plant bacterial and fungal microbiota to plant compartment and switchgrass genotypes and has not been addressed. discuss the extent of core microbiomes. Using these In this study, we quantify the measurable impact of analyses, we studied the impact that plant genetic vari- host compartment and genetic variability observed ability and associated adaptive divergence to climate and © 2018 The Authors. Environmental Microbiology Reports published by Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Environmental Microbiology Reports, 11, 185–195 Plant compartment and genetic variation affect switchgrass microbiomes 187 soil conditions have on plant-microbe associations, and Table 1. Microbial community variability as described by (A) factors thereby show the importance of cultivar-dependent micro- for all considered plant compartment samples (bacteria/archaea: RS, RA; fungi: RS, RA – rarefied to 5000 seqs), (B) individual factors per biome interpretations. compartment for bacterial and archaeal as well as fungal communities. Results and discussion A We analysed rhizosphere (RS) and root associated Bacteria/archaea Fungi Factor [%] (N = 233) [%] (N = 177) (RA) bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities from four switchgrass genotypes planted at one location and Compartment 26.7 28.1 – sampled at the end of the second growth season via Illu- Ecotype 8.3 Compartment* Ecotype 2.1 2.8 mina iTag sequencing (Fig. 1D). Plant genotypes showed Genotype (Ecotype) –– striking phenotypic differences at the time of sample col- Fertilizer –– lection (Supporting Information Figs S1, S2) likely due to B phenological divergence to different growth season dura- Bacteria/archaea tions and earlier onset of senescence in the upland geno- Factor Compartment [%] Fungi [%] types (Fig.
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