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Using barcoded pyrosequencing fungal and bacterial communities associated with grape berry clusters ( Vitis vinifera  L.) obtained from conventional, organic and biodynamic vineyard plots were investigated in two subsequent years at different stages during berry ripening. The four most abundant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) based on fungal ITS data were  Botrytis cinerea ,  Cladosporium  spp.,  Aureobasidium pullulans  and  Alternaria alternata  which represented 57% and 47% of the total reads in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Members of the genera  Sphingomonas ,  Gluconobacter ,  Pseudomonas ,  Erwinia , and  Massilia  constituted 67% of the total number of bacterial 16S DNA reads in 2010 samples and 78% in 2011 samples. Viticultural management system had no significant effect on abundance of fungi or bacteria in both years and at all three sampling dates. Exceptions were  A .  alternata  and  Pseudomonas  spp. which were more abundant in the carposphere of conventional compared to biodynamic berries, as well as  Sphingomonas  spp. which was significantly less abundant on conventional compared to organic berries at an early ripening stage in 2011. In general, there were no significant differences in fungal and bacterial diversity indices or richness evident between management systems. No distinct fungal or bacterial communities were associated with the different maturation stages or management systems, respectively. An exception was the last stage of berry maturation in 2011, where the Simpson diversity index was significantly higher for fungal communities on biodynamic compared to conventional grapes. Our study highlights the existence of complex and dynamic microbial communities in the grape cluster carposphere including both phytopathogenic and potentially antagonistic microorganisms that can have a significant impact on grape production. Such knowledge is particularly relevant for development, selection and application of effective control measures against economically important pathogens present in the grape carposphere.

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Are Epiphytic Microbial Communities in the Carposphere of Ripening Grape Clusters (Vitis vinifera L.) Different between Conventional, Organic, and Biodynamic Grapes?