plant metagenome
Plant roots harbor a diverse collection of microbes that live within host tissues. To gain a comprehensive understanding of microbial adaptations to this endophytic lifestyle from strains that cannot be cultivated, it is necessary to separate bacterial cells from the predominance of plant tissue. This study provides a valuable approach for the separation and isolation of endophytic bacteria from plant root tissue. Isolated live bacteria provide material for microbiome sequencing, single-cell genomics, and analyses of genomes of uncultured bacteria to provide genomics information that will facilitate future cultivation attempts.
isolation_source
Populus deltoides root microbiome
collection_date
2014
geo_loc_name
USA: Tennessee
lat_lon
35.55 N 84.19 W
BioSampleModel
Metagenome or environmental