Cross-kingdom synthetic microbiota supports tomato suppression of Fusarium wilt disease

The role of rhizosphere microbiota in the resistance of tomato plant against soil-borne Fusarium wilt disease (FWD) remains unclear. Here, we showed that the FWD incidence was significantly negatively correlated with the diversity of both rhizosphere bacterial and fungal communities. Using the microbiological culturomic approach, we selected 205 unique strains to construct different synthetic communities (SynComs), which were inoculated into germ-free tomato seedlings, and their roles in suppressing FWD were monitored using omics approach. Cross-kingdom (fungi and bacteria) SynComs were most effective in suppressing FWD than those of Fungal or Bacterial SynComs alone. This effect was underpinned by a…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: NSFC 31725001, 31725001, KFJ-BRP-009
• CA
  Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Award: KFJ-BRP-009
• SK
  State Key Laboratory of Mycology
• NS
  National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
• IO
  Institute of Genetics