Changes in rhizosphere microbiome with wheat evolution: from ancestral species to domesticated species

A group from Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, etc. has reported on changes in rhizosphere microbiome with wheat evolution (from ancestral wheat species of T. uratu and Ae speltoides (ancestral species, 1.5 to 2million years ago) to domesticated pecies of T. turgidum and T. aestivum).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881823/

It was found that several families belonging to Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria revealed significant increases in domesticated crops (T. turgidum and T. aestivum) when compared to ancestral species (T. urartu, and Ae. speltoides) as shown below.


Differential family-level abundances in (A) domesticated and (B) ancestral wheat species during different developmental stages with color. Orange = vegetative, blue = reproductive, and green = comon in both developmental stages, respectively.