Abstract
Tobacco black shank (TBS) disease is a soil-borne disease, and it is associated with the microbial community in the rhizosphere. However, the influence of tobacco genotype and TBS disease on the rhizospheric microbiome remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the severity of TBS disease, and characterized the rhizospheric bacterial and fungal community compositions of four tobacco varieties, including ZC208, YY87, YY85 and HD. The results showed that TBS disease drove the transformation of microorganisms from bacteria-dominated to fungi-dominated, and TBS disease increased the prevalence of beneficial microbiomes in the tobacco rhizosphere. Moreover, the influence of TBS disease on the rhizospheric microorganisms of resistant tobacco was lower than that on susceptible tobacco. Specifically, our findings suggested Taibaiella , Gemmatimonas , Rhodopirellula , Terrimonas and Lysobacter potential suppression roles of TBS disease, and Ensifer and Methanobacterium may play promoting roles in TBS disease progression. Our findings enhance the understanding of the microbial-mediated mechanism of TBS disease and provide novel insight for developing underlying microbial antagonists to manage soil-borne diseases. • The tobacco resistance to black shank disease in the same field were different from their genotypes. • Microbial composition and assembly in the rhizosphere are influenced by tobacco genotype and black shank disease. • The enrichment of beneficial microbiome in the rhizosphere of tobacco contributed to the suppression of black shank disease.
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Claim · model-written summary
Black shank disease shifted rhizosphere microorganisms from bacteria-dominated to fungi-dominated.
- Taxon
- Tobacco
Nicotiana tabacumt0
- Treatment
- TBS diseasee1
- Outcome
- transformation of microorganisms from bacteria-dominated to fungi-dominatede1
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e1“TBS disease drove the transformation of microorganisms from bacteria-dominated to fungi-dominated”
t0“Tobacco black shank disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Black shank disease increased the prevalence of beneficial microbiomes in the tobacco rhizosphere.
- Taxon
- tobacco
Nicotiana tabacume2
- Treatment
- TBS diseasee2
- Outcome
- prevalence of beneficial microbiomese2
- Direction
- increasede2
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e2“TBS disease increased the prevalence of beneficial microbiomes in the tobacco rhizosphere”
t0“Tobacco black shank disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Black shank disease influenced rhizosphere microorganisms of resistant tobacco less than those of susceptible tobacco.
- Taxon
- tobacco
Nicotiana tabacume3
- Material
- resistant tobaccoe3
- Treatment
- TBS diseasee3
- Outcome
- rhizospheric microorganismse3
- Direction
- lowere3
- Comparator
- susceptible tobaccoe3
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e3“the influence of TBS disease on the rhizospheric microorganisms of resistant tobacco was lower than that on susceptible tobacco”
t0“Tobacco black shank disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Taibaiella, Gemmatimonas, Rhodopirellula, Terrimonas and Lysobacter may suppress black shank disease.
- Taxon
- tobacco
Nicotiana tabacumt0
- Interactor
- TaibaiellaTaibaiellae4biocontrol_agent
- Second interactor
- Gemmatimonas
Gemmatimonase4biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- suppression roles of TBS diseasee4
- Qualifier
- Rhodopirellula, Terrimonas and Lysobactere4
Not reportedDirection
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e4“Taibaiella , Gemmatimonas , Rhodopirellula , Terrimonas and Lysobacter potential suppression roles of TBS disease”
t0“Tobacco black shank disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Ensifer and Methanobacterium may promote black shank disease progression.
- Taxon
- tobacco
Nicotiana tabacumt0
- Second interactor
- Methanobacterium
Methanobacteriume5other - Outcome
- TBS disease progressione5
- Direction
- promotinge5
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e5“Ensifer and Methanobacterium may play promoting roles in TBS disease progression”
t0“Tobacco black shank disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Tobacco genotype and black shank disease influence the composition and assembly of the rhizosphere microbial community.
- Taxon
- tobacco
Nicotiana tabacume6
- Treatment
- tobacco genotype and black shank diseasee6
- Outcome
- Microbial composition and assembly in the rhizospheree6
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e6“Microbial composition and assembly in the rhizosphere are influenced by tobacco genotype and black shank disease”
t0“Tobacco black shank disease”
Claim · model-written summary
Enrichment of beneficial rhizosphere microbiome in tobacco contributed to suppression of black shank disease.
- Taxon
- tobacco
Nicotiana tabacume7
- Treatment
- enrichment of beneficial microbiome in the rhizosphere of tobaccoe7
- Outcome
- suppression of black shank diseasee7
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e7“The enrichment of beneficial microbiome in the rhizosphere of tobacco contributed to the suppression of black shank disease”
t0“Tobacco black shank disease”