Endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata

Abstract The mechanisms behind the unique capacity of the vine Boquila trifoliolata to mimic the leaves of several tree species remain unknown. A hypothesis in the original leaf mimicry report considered that microbial vectors from trees could carry genes or epigenetic factors that would alter the e...

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Autores principales:	Ernesto Gianoli, Marcia González-Teuber, Claudia Vilo, María J. Guevara-Araya, Víctor M. Escobedo
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8fe9a56f324644a89ca520910a9fefb02021-11-28T12:19:31ZEndophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata10.1038/s41598-021-02229-82045-2322https://doaj.org/article/8fe9a56f324644a89ca520910a9fefb02021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02229-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The mechanisms behind the unique capacity of the vine Boquila trifoliolata to mimic the leaves of several tree species remain unknown. A hypothesis in the original leaf mimicry report considered that microbial vectors from trees could carry genes or epigenetic factors that would alter the expression of leaf traits in Boquila. Here we evaluated whether leaf endophytic bacterial communities are associated with the mimicry pattern. Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, we compared the endophytic bacterial communities in three groups of leaves collected in a temperate rainforest: (1) leaves from the model tree Rhaphithamnus spinosus (RS), (2) Boquila leaves mimicking the tree leaves (BR), and (3) Boquila leaves from the same individual vine but not mimicking the tree leaves (BT). We hypothesized that bacterial communities would be more similar in the BR–RS comparison than in the BT–RS comparison. We found significant differences in the endophytic bacterial communities among the three groups, verifying the hypothesis. Whereas non-mimetic Boquila leaves and tree leaves (BT–RS) showed clearly different bacterial communities, mimetic Boquila leaves and tree leaves (BR–RS) showed an overlap concerning their bacterial communities. The role of bacteria in this unique case of leaf mimicry should be studied further.Ernesto GianoliMarcia González-TeuberClaudia ViloMaría J. Guevara-ArayaVíctor M. EscobedoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Ernesto Gianoli Marcia González-Teuber Claudia Vilo María J. Guevara-Araya Víctor M. Escobedo Endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata
description	Abstract The mechanisms behind the unique capacity of the vine Boquila trifoliolata to mimic the leaves of several tree species remain unknown. A hypothesis in the original leaf mimicry report considered that microbial vectors from trees could carry genes or epigenetic factors that would alter the expression of leaf traits in Boquila. Here we evaluated whether leaf endophytic bacterial communities are associated with the mimicry pattern. Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, we compared the endophytic bacterial communities in three groups of leaves collected in a temperate rainforest: (1) leaves from the model tree Rhaphithamnus spinosus (RS), (2) Boquila leaves mimicking the tree leaves (BR), and (3) Boquila leaves from the same individual vine but not mimicking the tree leaves (BT). We hypothesized that bacterial communities would be more similar in the BR–RS comparison than in the BT–RS comparison. We found significant differences in the endophytic bacterial communities among the three groups, verifying the hypothesis. Whereas non-mimetic Boquila leaves and tree leaves (BT–RS) showed clearly different bacterial communities, mimetic Boquila leaves and tree leaves (BR–RS) showed an overlap concerning their bacterial communities. The role of bacteria in this unique case of leaf mimicry should be studied further.
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author	Ernesto Gianoli Marcia González-Teuber Claudia Vilo María J. Guevara-Araya Víctor M. Escobedo
author_facet	Ernesto Gianoli Marcia González-Teuber Claudia Vilo María J. Guevara-Araya Víctor M. Escobedo
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title	Endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata
title_short	Endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata
title_full	Endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata
title_fullStr	Endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata
title_full_unstemmed	Endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata
title_sort	endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine boquila trifoliolata
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/8fe9a56f324644a89ca520910a9fefb0
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Endophytic bacterial communities are associated with leaf mimicry in the vine Boquila trifoliolata

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