{"title":"Geocaulosphere soil bacterial community drives potato common scab outcomes beyond pathogen abundance.","authors":"Wenchong Shi, Minghao Lv, Ruiqi Wang, Muhammad Saleem, Lujun Wang, Mingcong Li, Bing Wang, Rongshan Lin, Bingjie Xu, Chunyu Yang, Tangyuan Ning, Bo Zhou, Zheng Gao","doi":"10.1038/s41522-025-00774-y","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The assembly mechanisms of soil microbiome during plant disease progression remain incomplete. This study linked potato common scab (PCS) severity to destabilized soil microbiome dynamics in potato geocausphere soil (GS) through integrated metagenomic analysis and culture-based experiments. Across four Shandong fields, PCS-infected GS exhibited an 11.66% reduction in bacterial α-diversity (Shannon index) and elevated stochastic community assembly. Bacterial community structure explained 39.28% (GS) and 15.96% (bulk soil) of PCS variance, outperforming pathogen abundance contributions (14.39% GS, 7.33% BS). Two microbial interaction patterns emerged in GS: 1) synchronized shifts between pathogens and beneficial taxa as PCS intensified; 2) stochastic assembly governing entire communities but deterministic processes dominating specialized subgroups. These results propose a microbial stability framework connecting soil microbiome structural rules to plant disease progression, emphasizing community-level dynamics over pathogen-centric explanations.</p>","PeriodicalId":19370,"journal":{"name":"npj Biofilms and Microbiomes","volume":"11 1","pages":"134"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"npj Biofilms and Microbiomes","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-025-00774-y","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The assembly mechanisms of soil microbiome during plant disease progression remain incomplete. This study linked potato common scab (PCS) severity to destabilized soil microbiome dynamics in potato geocausphere soil (GS) through integrated metagenomic analysis and culture-based experiments. Across four Shandong fields, PCS-infected GS exhibited an 11.66% reduction in bacterial α-diversity (Shannon index) and elevated stochastic community assembly. Bacterial community structure explained 39.28% (GS) and 15.96% (bulk soil) of PCS variance, outperforming pathogen abundance contributions (14.39% GS, 7.33% BS). Two microbial interaction patterns emerged in GS: 1) synchronized shifts between pathogens and beneficial taxa as PCS intensified; 2) stochastic assembly governing entire communities but deterministic processes dominating specialized subgroups. These results propose a microbial stability framework connecting soil microbiome structural rules to plant disease progression, emphasizing community-level dynamics over pathogen-centric explanations.
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npj Biofilms and Microbiomes is a comprehensive platform that promotes research on biofilms and microbiomes across various scientific disciplines. The journal facilitates cross-disciplinary discussions to enhance our understanding of the biology, ecology, and communal functions of biofilms, populations, and communities. It also focuses on applications in the medical, environmental, and engineering domains. The scope of the journal encompasses all aspects of the field, ranging from cell-cell communication and single cell interactions to the microbiomes of humans, animals, plants, and natural and built environments. The journal also welcomes research on the virome, phageome, mycome, and fungome. It publishes both applied science and theoretical work. As an open access and interdisciplinary journal, its primary goal is to publish significant scientific advancements in microbial biofilms and microbiomes. The journal enables discussions that span multiple disciplines and contributes to our understanding of the social behavior of microbial biofilm populations and communities, and their impact on life, human health, and the environment.