PMID- 34194833 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211116 LR - 20211116 IS - 2090-1224 (Electronic) IS - 2090-1232 (Print) IS - 2090-1224 (Linking) VI - 31 DP - 2021 Jul TI - Domestication affects the composition, diversity, and co-occurrence of the cereal seed microbiota. PG - 75-86 LID - 10.1016/j.jare.2020.12.008 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: The seed-associated microbiome has a strong influence on plant ecology, fitness, and productivity. Plant microbiota could be exploited for a more responsible crop management in sustainable agriculture. However, the relationships between seed microbiota and hosts related to the changes from ancestor species to breeded crops still remain poor understood. OBJECTIVES: Our aims were i) to understand the effect of cereal domestication on seed endophytes in terms of diversity, structure and co-occurrence, by comparing four cereal crops and the respective ancestor species; ii) to test the phylogenetic coherence between cereals and their seed microbiota (clue of co-evolution). METHODS: We investigated the seed microbiota of four cereal crops (Triticum aestivum, Triticum monococcum, Triticum durum, and Hordeum vulgare), along with their respective ancestors (Aegilops tauschii, Triticum baeoticum, Triticum dicoccoides, and Hordeum spontaneum, respectively) using 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding, Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profiling of host plants and co-evolution analysis. RESULTS: The diversity of seed microbiota was generally higher in cultivated cereals than in wild ancestors, suggesting that domestication lead to a bacterial diversification. On the other hand, more microbe-microbe interactions were detected in wild species, indicating a better-structured, mature community. Typical human-associated taxa, such as Cutibacterium, dominated in cultivated cereals, suggesting an interkingdom transfers of microbes from human to plants during domestication. Co-evolution analysis revealed a significant phylogenetic congruence between seed endophytes and host plants, indicating clues of co-evolution between hosts and seed-associated microbes during domestication. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates a diversification of the seed microbiome as a consequence of domestication, and provides clues of co-evolution between cereals and their seed microbiota. This knowledge is useful to develop effective strategies of microbiome exploitation for sustainable agriculture. CI - (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Cairo University. FAU - Abdullaeva, Yulduzkhon AU - Abdullaeva Y AD - Institute of Applied Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. FAU - Ambika Manirajan, Binoy AU - Ambika Manirajan B AD - Institute of Applied Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. FAU - Honermeier, Bernd AU - Honermeier B AD - Institute of Agronomy and Plant Breeding I, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. FAU - Schnell, Sylvia AU - Schnell S AD - Institute of Applied Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. FAU - Cardinale, Massimiliano AU - Cardinale M AD - Institute of Applied Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies - DiSTeBA, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201217 PL - Egypt TA - J Adv Res JT - Journal of advanced research JID - 101546952 RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) SB - IM MH - Aegilops/genetics/microbiology MH - Biological Evolution MH - Crops, Agricultural/genetics/microbiology MH - *Domestication MH - Edible Grain/genetics/*microbiology MH - Endophytes/metabolism MH - Hordeum/genetics/*microbiology MH - Humans MH - *Microbiota MH - Phylogeny MH - Propionibacteriaceae/classification/genetics MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique/methods MH - Seeds/genetics/*microbiology MH - Triticum/genetics/*microbiology PMC - PMC8240117 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 16S metabarcoding OT - Cereals OT - Co-evolution OT - Domestication OT - Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA - RAPD OT - Seed microbiome COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2021/07/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/17 06:00 PMCR- 2020/12/17 CRDT- 2021/07/01 06:59 PHST- 2020/11/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/01 06:59 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2090-1232(20)30258-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jare.2020.12.008 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Adv Res. 2020 Dec 17;31:75-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.12.008. eCollection 2021 Jul.