Zihui Wang, Geneviève Lajoie, Yuan Jiang, Minhua Zhang, Chengjin Chu, Yongfa Chen, Shuai Fang, Guangze Jin, Mingxi Jiang, Juyu Lian, Yanpeng Li, Yu Liu, Keping Ma, Xiangcheng Mi, Xiujuan Qiao, Xihua Wang, Xugao Wang, Han Xu, Wanhui Ye, Li Zhu, Yan Zhu, Fangliang He, Steven W. Kembel
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Host specificity of plant-associated bacteria is negatively associated with genome size and host abundance along a latitudinal gradient
Host specialization plays a critical role in the ecology and evolution of plant–microbe symbiosis. Theory predicts that host specialization is associated with microbial genome streamlining and is influenced by the abundance of host species, both of which can vary across latitudes, leading to a latitudinal gradient in host specificity. Here, we quantified the host specificity and composition of plant–bacteria symbioses on leaves across 329 tree species spanning a latitudinal gradient. Our analysis revealed a predominance of host-specialized leaf bacteria. The degree of host specificity was negatively correlated with bacterial genome size and the local abundance of host plants. Additionally, we found an increased host specificity at lower latitudes, aligning with the high prevalence of small bacterial genomes and rare host species in the tropics. These findings underscore the importance of genome streamlining and host abundance in the evolution of host specificity in plant-associated bacteria along the latitudinal gradient.
期刊介绍:
Ecology Letters serves as a platform for the rapid publication of innovative research in ecology. It considers manuscripts across all taxa, biomes, and geographic regions, prioritizing papers that investigate clearly stated hypotheses. The journal publishes concise papers of high originality and general interest, contributing to new developments in ecology. Purely descriptive papers and those that only confirm or extend previous results are discouraged.