Paper · 2025 · Biology

Endophytic Diversity in Vitis vinifera with Different Vineyard Managements and Vitis sylvestris Populations from Northern Italy: A Comparative Study of Culture-Dependent and Amplicon Sequencing Methods

Simona Pizzi; Angela Conti; Alessandra Di Canito; et al.

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the endophytic microbial populations associated with wild and domesticated grapevines using both culture-based and culture-independent methods. Through culture-based methods, 148 endophytes were identified. The dominant fungal species included Aureobasidium pullulans, Alternaria alternata, and Cladosporium allicinum, while predominant bacterial species were Ralstonia pikettii, Nocardia niigatensis, and Sphingomonas echinoides. Culture-independent methods employed metagenomic techniques to explore microbial biodiversity, focusing on targeted amplification of bacterial 16S rRNA as well as fungal ITS and 26S rRNA gene regions. The main bacterial species identified included Halomonas sp., Sphingomonas sp. and Massilia sp., whereas the fungal population was dominated by Cladosporium sp., Malassezia sp. and Mucor sp. The findings revealed that vineyard management practices did not lead to statistically significant variations in microbial communities. The consistent presence of these genera across all samples suggests that they are stable components of the grapevine endophytic microbiota, remaining relatively unaffected by external environmental factors.

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Culture-based methods identified 148 grapevine endophytes.

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Vitis viniferaVitis viniferat0
Outcome
endophytese0
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148e0

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Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera · TaxonDarijanus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Through culture-based methods, 148 endophytes were identified.”

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“Vitis vinifera”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Aureobasidium pullulans, Alternaria alternata and Cladosporium allicinum were dominant cultured fungi.

Taxon
Vitis viniferaVitis viniferat0
Interactor
Aureobasidium pullulansAureobasidium pullulanse0symbiont
Second interactor
Alternaria alternataAlternaria alternatae0symbiont
Outcome
dominant fungal speciese0
Qualifier
Cladosporium allicinume0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera · TaxonDarijanus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Aureobasidium pullulans
Aureobasidium pullulans · InteractorThis image was created by user Tom Volk (TomVolk) at Mushroom Observer , a source for mycological images. You can contact this user here . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Alternaria alternata
Alternaria alternata · Second interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryMarta Hiromi Taniwaki, Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The dominant fungal species included Aureobasidium pullulans, Alternaria alternata, and Cladosporium allicinum”

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“Vitis vinifera”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Ralstonia pikettii, Nocardia niigatensis and Sphingomonas echinoides were predominant cultured bacteria.

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Vitis viniferaVitis viniferat0
Interactor
Ralstonia pikettiie0symbiont
Second interactor
Nocardia niigatensisNocardia niigatensise0symbiont
Outcome
predominant bacterial speciese0
Qualifier
Sphingomonas echinoidese0

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Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera · TaxonDarijanus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“predominant bacterial species were Ralstonia pikettii, Nocardia niigatensis, and Sphingomonas echinoides.”

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“Vitis vinifera”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Halomonas sp., Sphingomonas sp. and Massilia sp. were main bacteria identified by culture-independent methods.

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Vitis viniferaVitis viniferat0
Interactor
Halomonas sp.Halomonase0symbiont
Second interactor
Sphingomonas sp.Sphingomonase0symbiont
Outcome
main bacterial species identifiede0
Qualifier
Massilia sp.e0

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Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera · TaxonDarijanus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Halomonas
Halomonas · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)NASA/Jodi Switzer Blum · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Sphingomonas
Sphingomonas · Second interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Alan Rockefeller · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The main bacterial species identified included Halomonas sp., Sphingomonas sp. and Massilia sp.”

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“Vitis vinifera”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Cladosporium sp., Malassezia sp. and Mucor sp. dominated the culture-independent fungal population.

Taxon
Vitis viniferaVitis viniferat0
Interactor
Cladosporium sp.Cladosporiume0symbiont
Second interactor
Malassezia sp.Malasseziae0symbiont
Outcome
fungal populatione0
Qualifier
Mucor sp.e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera · TaxonDarijanus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Cladosporium
Cladosporium · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryAjay Kumar Chaurasiya · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Malassezia
Malassezia · Second interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)http://phil.cdc.gov/phil_images/20030610/22/PHIL_3938_lores.jpg · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the fungal population was dominated by Cladosporium sp., Malassezia sp. and Mucor sp.”

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“Vitis vinifera”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Vineyard management practices did not cause statistically significant variation in microbial communities.

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Vitis viniferaVitis viniferat0
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vineyard management practicese0
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microbial communitiese0
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did not lead to statistically significant variationse0

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Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera · TaxonDarijanus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“vineyard management practices did not lead to statistically significant variations in microbial communities.”

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“Vitis vinifera”

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Observationauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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The same genera consistently occurred across all grapevine samples.

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grapevineVitise0
Outcome
consistent presence of these genera across all samplese0

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Vitis
Vitis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Victor M. Vicente Selvas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The consistent presence of these genera across all samples suggests that they are stable components of the grapevine endophytic microbiota”

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