Metaproteogenomic analysis of microbial communities in the phyllosphere and rhizosphere of rice.

ABSTRACT: The above- and below-ground parts of rice plants create specific habitats for various microorganisms. In this study, we characterized the phyllosphere and rhizosphere microbiota of rice cultivars using a metaproteogenomic approach to get insight into the physiology of the bacteria and archaea that live in association with rice. The metaproteomic datasets gave rise to a total of about 4600 identified proteins and indicated the presence of one-carbon conversion processes in the rhizosphere as well as in the phyllosphere. Proteins involved in methanogenesis and methanotrophy were found in the rhizosphere, whereas methanol-based methylotrophy linked to the genus Methylobacterium dominated within the protein repertoire of the phyllosphere microbiota. Further, physiological traits of differentia

SUBMITTER: Knief C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3379629 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature