Temperate forest phyllosphere metagenome assembly
The reported metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were assembled from samples collected as part of a study investigating tree host species adaptations of Methylobacterium - a facultative methylotroph bacterial genus ubiquitous in the phyllosphere known to stimulate plant growth. These MAGs will contribute to our understanding of the microbial communities of the phyllosphere ecosystem, their evolution, and to the importance of host-microbe interactions in plant and microbial forest ecology.