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Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination?
Ecosystem services are an important aspect of grasslands utilization; however, they are often contradictory to their main purpose, which is a production of good quality and safe feed. In this study, we evaluated the difference between grass monocultures and species-rich mixtures in terms of epiphyti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10501618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37708181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288397 |
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author | Kolackova, Ivana Smolkova, Barbora Skladanka, Jiri Kouril, Petr Hrudova, Eva |
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description | Ecosystem services are an important aspect of grasslands utilization; however, they are often contradictory to their main purpose, which is a production of good quality and safe feed. In this study, we evaluated the difference between grass monocultures and species-rich mixtures in terms of epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin contamination levels. We hypothesized that higher species diversity would lead to higher microbial counts, which could lead to higher mycotoxin contamination risk. Differences in epiphytic fungal, yeast and total amount of microorganisms (CFU g (-1)) depending on the species diversity in the field has been evaluated by cultivation method. Concentration of deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) was measured by ELISA. Results are suggesting that higher total amount of microorganisms were found in monocultures, however, fungal and yeast counts were higher in species-rich mixtures. Higher species diversity of grasses was related to higher total microbial count (TMC) and yeast colonization of phyllosphere. Our results suggest higher risk of fungal phyllosphere colonization of species-rich mixtures with higher biodiversity and therefore higher risk of mycotoxin contamination of such feed. |
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spelling | pubmed-105016182023-09-15 Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? Kolackova, Ivana Smolkova, Barbora Skladanka, Jiri Kouril, Petr Hrudova, Eva PLoS One Research Article Ecosystem services are an important aspect of grasslands utilization; however, they are often contradictory to their main purpose, which is a production of good quality and safe feed. In this study, we evaluated the difference between grass monocultures and species-rich mixtures in terms of epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin contamination levels. We hypothesized that higher species diversity would lead to higher microbial counts, which could lead to higher mycotoxin contamination risk. Differences in epiphytic fungal, yeast and total amount of microorganisms (CFU g (-1)) depending on the species diversity in the field has been evaluated by cultivation method. Concentration of deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) was measured by ELISA. Results are suggesting that higher total amount of microorganisms were found in monocultures, however, fungal and yeast counts were higher in species-rich mixtures. Higher species diversity of grasses was related to higher total microbial count (TMC) and yeast colonization of phyllosphere. Our results suggest higher risk of fungal phyllosphere colonization of species-rich mixtures with higher biodiversity and therefore higher risk of mycotoxin contamination of such feed. Public Library of Science 2023-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10501618/ /pubmed/37708181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288397 Text en © 2023 Kolackova et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kolackova, Ivana Smolkova, Barbora Skladanka, Jiri Kouril, Petr Hrudova, Eva Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? |
title | Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? |
title_full | Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? |
title_fullStr | Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? |
title_full_unstemmed | Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? |
title_short | Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? |
title_sort | epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10501618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37708181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288397 |
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