Core hyphosphere microbiota of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum

Abstract

Bacteria and fungi are dynamically interconnected, leading to either beneficial or antagonistic relationships with the plants. Within this interkingdom interaction, the microbial community that are directly associated with the pathogen makes up the pathobiome. While the overall soil bacterial community associated with the Fusarium wilt diseases is widely examined, the specific bacterial populations that directly interact with the Fusarium wilt pathogens are yet to be discovered. In the study presented here, we define the bacterial community associated with the hypha of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum race 2 (FON2). Using the 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding, we describe the hyphosphere pathobiome of three isolates of FON2.