Taxonomic diversity and functional adaptations indicated by the rhizospheric soil microbiome derived from Turkish wheat fields.

ABSTRACT: Optimization of the soil microbiome is a promising strategy to support sustainable crop production. With the goal of developing novel bio-fertilizers for wheat cultivation, we collected fresh soil samples from ten different fields representing wheat production regions in Türkiye. Wheat seedlings (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) were cultivated in each soil and at the three-leaf stage, DNA was isolated from the rhizospheric soil associated with each plant and the bacterial microbiome composition determined by 16S metabarcoding. Long-read sequencing was used to maximize resolution, and 1269 high-quality operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were identified. Comparisons of wheat and non-wheat rhizospheric soil identified 77 OTUs that were enriched in the wheat rhizosphere, several belonging to tax

SUBMITTER: Guralp G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12755068 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature