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Published on: May 2, 2018
Survey of Maize Rhizosphere Microbiome Using Shotgun Metagenomics
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola1, Oluwadara Pelumi Omotayo2, Nicholas Ozede Igiehon2
1Food Security and Safety Niche, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa olubukola.babalola@nwu.ac.za.
Abstract:
Several processes which occur in the rhizosphere make it a vital region in plant development. However, studies that examine rhizosphere microbiomes and their functional potentials remain scarce. Shotgun metagenomics was employed here to evaluate the functional potentials of the maize rhizosphere microbiome of farms in two South African provinces.

