title: Bacterial communities in the phylloplane of Prunus species.
abstract: Bacterial populations in the phylloplane of four different Prunus species were investigated by 16 S rRNA pyrosequencing. Bioinformatic analysis identified an average of 510 operational taxonomic units belonging to 159 genera in 76 families. The two genera, Sphingomonas and Methylobacterium, were dominant in the phylloplane of four Prunus species. Twenty three genera were commonly identified in the four Prunus species, indicating a high level of bacterial diversity dependent on the plant species. Our study based on 16 S rRNA sequencing reveals the complexity of bacterial diversity in the phylloplane of Prunus species in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yeonhwa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Jin Kyong
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hoseong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hyosub
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Won Kyong
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D044822:Biodiversity; D019295:Computational Biology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D020580:Methylobacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D027861:Prunus / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020578:Sphingomonas / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
keywords: Bacteria; Community; Metagenomics; Phylloplane; Prunus