Fungal community structure variability between the root rhizosphere and endosphere in a granite catena system in Kruger National Park, South Africa

The rhizobiome of herbaceous plants in Clovelly and Sterkspruit soils of the Stevenson–Hamilton supersite

“…To our knowledge, there are no studies comparing the bacterial rhizobiome of native and invasive plants within the study site. Gryzenhout et al (2020), however, studied the fungal rhizobiome of the same plant species in S-Hs and found that S. cordifolia only attracted half the number of OTUs compared to the native plants, M. acuminata and K. angustifolia, which could be attributed to the antimicrobial properties of S. cordifolia. However, this was not observed for the bacterial rhizobiome.…”

First report of various Fusarium species from the Stevenson-Hamilton Supersite granite catena system in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

“…The ecological roles of these species in numerous ecosystems are, however, still unknown, and further studies on their impact on ecosystem services and function must be pursued. Such studies are important because Gryzenhout et al (2020) showed through environmental sequencing that Fusarium species are one of the dominant groups found within the soil-plant root zones of plants occurring in the Stevenson-Hamilton Granite Supersite. Further sequencing of additional genes, as what has been done in this study, will provide a better estimation on species level of the species that could be involved.…”

Connections between abiotic and biotic components of a granite catena ecosystem in Kruger National Park

“…The variability of the fungal community structure in the rhizosphere follows on this topic (Gryzenhout et al 2020a). A short communication wraps up this topic and provides a first report of the presence of various Fusarium species on the catena (Gryzenhout et al 2020b).…”