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Taxonomic Diversity of the Bacterial Community Associated with the Fruiting Bodies of the Myxomycete Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr.

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High-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes was used to investigate the taxonomic diversity of the bacterial community inhabiting the fruiting bodies of the myxomycete Lycogala еpidendrum. Members of 31 bacterial genera belonging to six phyla were revealed. The phylum Proteobacteria predominated in the microbiome, with Pseudomonas and Luteibacter as predominant genera. Analysis of the taxonomic diversity of bacterial communities revealed significantly lower diversity in the L. epidendrum community, compared to those of brushwood and litter adjacent to the fruiting bodies. This is an indication of a selective role of the myxomycete fruiting body in respect to the phylum Proteobacteria and especially to the genera Pseudomonas and Luteibacter.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to O.N. Shchepin (junior researcher at the Laboratory of Systematics and Geography of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences) for the assistance in the literature search and to the anonymous reviewer for discussion of the results and correction of the text of the article.

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Collection of the material was carried out within the framework of the government task of the Moscow State University, part 2 (no. AAAA-A16-116021660084-1). Identification of myxomycete sporophore samples and their deposition into the collection was supported by a grant from the Moscow State University for leading scientific schools “Depositary of Living Systems” within the framework of the Moscow State University Development Program.

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  1. Faculty of Soil Science, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    L. R. Sizov & L. V. Lysak

  2. Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    V. I. Gmoshinskii

  3. Polistovskii State Preserve, 182840, Bezhanitsy, Russia

    V. I. Gmoshinskii

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Sizov, L.R., Lysak, L.V. & Gmoshinskii, V.I. Taxonomic Diversity of the Bacterial Community Associated with the Fruiting Bodies of the Myxomycete Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr.. Microbiology 90, 336–342 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261721030115

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