Endophytic yeasts in leaf galls
- Authors: Glushakova A.M.1, Kachalkin A.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Faculty of Soil Science
- Issue: Vol 86, No 2 (2017)
- Pages: 250-256
- Section: Experimental Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0026-2617/article/view/163043
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261717020096
- ID: 163043
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Abstract
Yeast abundance and species diversity of endophytic complexes in galls (cecidia) formed on the leaves of Salix fragilis, Salix caprea, Quercus robur, Tilia cordata, and Ulmus laevis and the epiphytic yeast communities of undamaged leaves of these plants were studied. Dynamics of yeast abundance in the galls was significantly different from that of the epiphytic yeast communities. Maximum numbers of endophytic yeast cells in the galls (up to 104 CFU/g) were comparable to abundance of epiphytic yeasts. A total of 14 species of endophytic yeasts were isolated from galls of different plants. Ascomycetous yeasts were found to predominate in the insect galls on willows and oak, while basidiomycetous yeasts dominated in mite galls on linden and elm, as well as on plant leaves. These results indicate that gall formation may be considered not only as a bidirectional pathological process of the interaction between plants and invertebrates, but also as a process in which the endophytic microbial population of the galls plays an important role.
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About the authors
A. M. Glushakova
Faculty of Soil Science
Email: kachalkin_a@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
A. V. Kachalkin
Faculty of Soil Science
Author for correspondence.
Email: kachalkin_a@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
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