Table 1.
Core and abundant fungal species isolated from surface sterilized roots of B. oleracea (kale) from 5 different accessions.
| Type strain with closest sequence identity | Identity to closet match (%) | Proposed taxon | ITS sequence accession number | Order | Incidence in plants (%) | Number of B. oleracea accesions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fusarium foetens | 99.3 | Fusarium sp. | MT628384 | Hypocreales | 63.3 | 5 |
| Edenia gomezpompae | 92.5 | Pleosporales sp. A | MT628351 | Pleosporales | 56.7 | 5 |
| Acrocalymma fici | 95.9 | Acrocalymma sp. | MT626728 | Pleosporales | 46.7 | 3 |
| Alternaria destruens | 100 | Alternaria sp. A | MT628452 | Pleosporales | 20.0 | 3 |
| Pyrenophora nisikadoi | 94.7 | Pleosporales sp. B | MT628399 | Pleosporales | 13.3 | 3 |
| Alternaria mimicula | 100 | Alternaria sp. B | MT628543 | Pleosporales | 13.3 | 3 |
| Barrenia panicia | 98.5 | Barrenia sp. | MT636549 | Helotiales | 13.3 | 3 |
| Ceratobasidium ramicola | 93.1 | Basidiomycota A | MT629733 | unknown | 10.0 | 1 |
| Phialocephala hiberna | 94 | Helotiales sp. | MT628664 | Helotiales | 6.7 | 2 |
| Polyschema sclerotigenum | 98.4 | Polyschema sp. | MT628702 | Pleosporales | 6.7 | 2 |
| Mucor moelleri | 99.1 | Mucor sp. A | MT639934 | Mucorales | 6.7 | 1 |
| Curvularia coatesiae | 99.6 | Curvularia sp. | MT640053 | Pleosporales | 6.7 | 1 |
| Cladosporium spp. | 99.8 | Cladosporium sp. | MT641243 | Capnodiales | 6.7 | 2 |
| Phomopsis tuberivora | 99.4 | Diaporthe sp | MT636064 | Diaporthales | 6.7 | 1 |
| Phoma schachtii | 99.2 | Phoma sp. | MT628903 | Pleosporales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Rhizopus oryzae | 99.8 | Rhizopus sp. | MT635401 | Mucorales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Mucor hiemalis | 96.2 | Mucor sp. B | MT636070 | Mucorales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Penicillium cremeogriseum | 99.8 | Penicillium sp. | MT636161 | Eurotiales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Chaetomium novozelandicum | 99.8 | Chaetomium sp. | MT641231 | Sordariales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Trichoderma hamatum | 99.8 | Trichoderma sp. | MT641233 | Hypocreales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Codinaea acaciae | 98.1 | Codinaea sp. | MT640043 | Chaetosphaeriales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Dendryphion europaeum | 96 | Dendryphion sp. | MT641239 | Pleosporales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Minutisphaera aspera | 99.4 | Minutisphaera sp | MT636088 | Minutisphaerales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Ceratobasidium papillatum | 90.7 | Basidiomycota B | MT640104 | unknown | 3.3 | 1 |
| Ceratobasidium ramicola | 91.1 | Basidiomycota C | MT636101 | unknown | 3.3 | 1 |
| Phragmocephala garethjonesii | 92.8 | Pleosporales sp. C | MT641235 | Pleosporales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Trametes versicolor | 99.4 | Trametes sp. | MT635595 | Polyporales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Aaosphaeria arxii | 99 | Aaosphaeria sp. | MT645080 | Pleosporales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Mycofalcella calcarata | 96.9 | Mycofalcella sp. | MT636550 | Helotiales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Aspergillus aureolus | 99.6 | Aspergillus sp. B | MT639933 | Eurotiales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Aspergillus spp. | 98.4 | Aspergillus sp. A | MT641240 | Eurotiales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Tetraploa sasicola | 95.6 | Tetraploa sp. | MT641232 | Pleosporales | 3.3 | 1 |
| Plectosphaerella niemeijerarum | 99.4 | Plectosphaerella sp. | MT641266 | Glomerellales | 3.3 | 1 |
A core microbiome is defined as the group of microbes commonly found within a host's microbiome, using persistence of the association as the criterion to select microbes potentially providing critical function within the habitat in which they are found67.