AUTHOR=Shi Yixuan , He Yuansheng , Zheng Yuanxian , Liu Xixi , Wang Shuzhong , Xiong Tian’e , Wen Tao , Duan Hong , Liao Xiaolin , Cui Quanren , Nian Fuzhao 

TITLE=Characteristics of the phyllosphere microbial community and its relationship with major aroma precursors during the tobacco maturation process

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science

VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1346154

DOI=10.3389/fpls.2024.1346154

ISSN=1664-462X

ABSTRACT=Numerous bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms in the tobacco phyllosphere interstellar area participate in the physiological metabolism of plants by interacting with the host. However, there is currently little research on the characteristics of tobacco phyllosphere microbial communities, and the correlation between tobacco phyllosphere microbial communities and correlated with tobacco phyllosphere trichome morphology, while Alternaria showed the opposite pattern. In conclusion, the microbiota (bacteria and fungi) and aroma precursors of the tobacco phyllosphere change significantly as tobacco matures. The presence of Acidisoma, Ralstonia, Bradyrhizobium and Alternaria in the phyllosphere microbiota of tobacco may be related to the aroma precursors of tobacco.