Paper · 2004 · Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Effect of Microbial Inoculants on the Indigenous Actinobacterial Endophyte Population in the Roots of Wheat as Determined by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism

Vanessa M. Conn; Christopher M. M. Franco

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Abstract

The effect of single actinobacterial endophyte seed inoculants and a mixed microbial soil inoculant on the indigenous endophytic actinobacterial population in wheat roots was investigated by using the molecular technique terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). Wheat was cultivated either from seeds coated with the spores of single pure actinobacterial endophytes of Microbispora sp. strain EN2, Streptomyces sp. strain EN27, and Nocardioides albus EN46 or from untreated seeds sown in soil with and without a commercial mixed microbial soil inoculant. The endophytic actinobacterial population within the roots of 6-week-old wheat plants was assessed by T-RFLP. Colonization of the wheat roots by the inoculated actinobacterial endophytes was detected by T-RFLP, as were 28 to 42 indigenous actinobacterial genera present in the inoculated and uninoculated plants. The presence of the commercial mixed inoculant in the soil reduced the endophytic actinobacterial diversity from 40 genera to 21 genera and reduced the detectable root colonization by approximately half. The results indicate that the addition of a nonadapted microbial inoculum to the soil disrupted the natural actinobacterial endophyte population, reducing diversity and colonization levels. This was in contrast to the addition of a single actinobacterial endophyte to the wheat plant, where the increase in colonization level could be confirmed even though the indigenous endophyte population was not adversely affected.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Inoculated actinobacterial endophytes colonized wheat roots.

Interactor
actinobacterial endophytese0symbiont
Outcome
Colonization of the wheat rootse0

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“Colonization of the wheat roots by the inoculated actinobacterial endophytes was detected by T-RFLP”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Between 28 and 42 indigenous actinobacterial genera were detected in inoculated and uninoculated wheat roots.

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indigenous actinobacterial generae0symbiont
Outcome
indigenous actinobacterial genera presente0
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28 to 42e0

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“28 to 42 indigenous actinobacterial genera present in the inoculated and uninoculated plants”

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“in wheat roots was investigated”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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The mixed soil inoculant reduced wheat root endophyte diversity from 40 to 21 genera.

Treatment
commercial mixed inoculante0
Interactor
actinobacteriale0symbiont
Outcome
endophytic actinobacterial diversitye0
Direction
reducede0
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21 generae0
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40 generae0

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“The presence of the commercial mixed inoculant in the soil reduced the endophytic actinobacterial diversity from 40 genera to 21 genera”

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“in wheat roots was investigated”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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The mixed inoculant reduced detectable wheat root colonization by approximately half.

Treatment
commercial mixed inoculante0
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actinobacteriale0symbiont
Outcome
detectable root colonizatione0
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reducede0
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approximately halfe0

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“The presence of the commercial mixed inoculant in the soil reduced the endophytic actinobacterial diversity from 40 genera to 21 genera and reduced the detectable root colonization by approximately half”

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“in wheat roots was investigated”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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A single actinobacterial endophyte increased wheat root colonization.

Treatment
addition of a single actinobacterial endophytee0
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actinobacterial endophytee0symbiont
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colonization levele0
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increasee0

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“the addition of a single actinobacterial endophyte to the wheat plant, where the increase in colonization level could be confirmed”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Single endophyte addition did not adversely affect the indigenous endophyte population.

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endophytee0symbiont
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indigenous endophyte populatione0
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not adversely affectede0

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“the indigenous endophyte population was not adversely affected”

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“to the wheat plant”

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