title: Diversity of microorganisms in decaying maize stalks revealed by a molecular method.
abstract: Microbial diversity in decaying maize stalk was characterized by constructing and analyzing rRNA gene clone library. Total 47 OTUs were obtained from 82 bacterial clones, including Proteobacteria (64.6%), Actinobacteria (30.5%), Bacteroidetes (2.4%) and Firmicutes (2.4%). Most proteobacterial clones were members of Rhizobium, Pseudomonas and Stenotrophomonas. Eighty-four percent of Actinobacteria was related to Microbacterium. Only 14 OTUs were identified from 124 fungal clones, including Ascomycota (88%) and Basidiomycota (12%). Sixty percent of Ascomycota were members of Eupenicillium and Paecilomyces but all Basidiomycota were close to Kurtzmanomyces nectairei.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Yunnan University, Yunnan Province 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Ming-Xia
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Han-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D044822:Biodiversity; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D003313:Zea mays / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S