title: Integrated metagenomics and metatranscriptomics analyses of root-associated soil from transgenic switchgrass.
abstract: The benefits of using transgenic switchgrass with decreased levels of caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase (COMT) as biomass feedstock have been clearly demonstrated. However, its effect on the soil microbial community has not been assessed. Here we report metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of root-associated soil from COMT switchgrass compared with nontransgenic counterparts.
authors.affiliation: achauha1@utk.edu sayler@utk.edu.
authors.forename: Archana
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authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Abby
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smartt
authors.forename: Jun
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authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Utturkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley
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authors.lastname: Frank
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Meng
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authors.lastname: Bi
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Jiang
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: The Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
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authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Tingting
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authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: The Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Melanie
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authors.lastname: Eldridge
authors.affiliation: The Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arreaza
authors.affiliation: The Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Hector Castro
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Alice C
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authors.lastname: Layton
authors.forename: Holly L
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authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: Mitra
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authors.lastname: Mazarei
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: DeBruyn
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authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Steven D
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authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Loren J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.affiliation: achauha1@utk.edu sayler@utk.edu.
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sayler