Survey of Maize Rhizosphere Microbiome Using Shotgun Metagenomics

Olubukola Oluranti Babalola; Oluwadara Pelumi Omotayo; Nicholas Ozede Igiehon

doi:10.1128/MRA.01309-20

Survey of Maize Rhizosphere Microbiome Using Shotgun Metagenomics

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 7;10(1):e01309-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01309-20.

Authors

Olubukola Oluranti Babalola^#¹, Oluwadara Pelumi Omotayo^#², Nicholas Ozede Igiehon^#²

Affiliations

¹ Food Security and Safety Niche, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa olubukola.babalola@nwu.ac.za.
² Food Security and Safety Niche, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Several processes which occur in the rhizosphere make it a vital region in plant development. However, studies that examine rhizosphere microbiomes and their functional potentials remain scarce. Shotgun metagenomics was employed here to evaluate the functional potentials of the maize rhizosphere microbiome of farms in two South African provinces.