Exploring sagebrush microbial metagenomes from deep, host-derived sequencing
This study focuses on the leaf microbiome of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata), an important shrub that dominates the western United States. We used host-derived Illumina shotgun sequences of sagebrush from three different sources to explore metagenomes of leaf-associated microbes that were sequenced along with their host.