Claim · model-written summary
Microbiome composition differed significantly between bulk soil and roots of date palm cultivars.
- Taxon
- date palm
Phoenix dactyliferae0 - Organ / stage
- rootse0
- Interactor
- microbiomee0other
- Outcome
- microbiome compositione0
- Comparator
- bulk soile0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“The results revealed significant differences in microbiome composition between the bulk soil and roots of the two date palm cultivars, and between the microbiome of the resistant and susceptible cultivars as well.”
Title
Aliou Moussa Diouf; Abdou Lahat Mbaye; Maimouna Deh; et al. BMC Microbiology 2026. doi:10.1186/s12866-026-04837-8
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Microbiomes differed significantly between resistant and susceptible date palm cultivars.
- Association Date palm cultivars affected bacterial community composition more than fungal populations.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Pseudomonas.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Lysinibacillus.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Actinomadura.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Halomonas.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Kocuria.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Serratia.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Phyllobacterium.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Bacillus.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Streptomyces.
- Observation The susceptible date palm cultivar was more enriched in Trichoderma.
- Mechanism Beneficial genera may reflect recruitment under pathogen pressure in the susceptible date palm cultivar.
- Recommendation The authors recommend elucidating genetic and biological triggers of date palm microbiome assembly to support bayoud management.