Defining the cultured and uncultured bacterial fractions in Cannabis seeds
Our findings highlight the limitations of culture-based methods in capturing the full microbial diversity of Cannabis seeds and emphasize the importance of microbial interactions in determining culturability. The strong network connectivity of uncultured taxa suggests that interdependencies and competition within the seed microbiome may hinder the isolation of key bacterial groups. These insights provide a framework for refining cultivation strategies to recover ecologically significant microbes with potential agricultural applications.
Authors
- Carolina Lobato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-4905)
- Ahmed Abdelfattah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-7200)
- Tomislav Cernava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7772-4080)
- Gabriele Berg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-3101)
Institutions
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- Graz University of Technology (AT)
- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (DE)
- University of Southampton (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Microbiome
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00731-4
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.79
Funders
- TU Graz, Internationale Beziehungen und Mobilitätsprogramme