Microbiota characterization of Zostera marina seeds at early stage development

Gina Chaput, Torrance C. Hanley, Jonathan A. Eisen, E. Maggie Sogin, A. Randall Hughes, Cynthia Hays

https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mra.01163-25

ABSTRACT

Understanding seagrass seed microbiomes is crucial for developing microbial-mediated methods to improve germination in restoration efforts. Here, we used 16S rRNA gene and ITS2 amplicon sequencing to characterize the bacterial and fungal communities of seeds from the model seagrass, Zostera marina.