Nature Communications (May 2021)

Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals role of iron metabolism in drought-induced rhizosphere microbiome dynamics

  • Ling Xu,
  • Zhaobin Dong,
  • Dawn Chiniquy,
  • Grady Pierroz,
  • Siwen Deng,
  • Cheng Gao,
  • Spencer Diamond,
  • Tuesday Simmons,
  • Heidi M.-L. Wipf,
  • Daniel Caddell,
  • Nelle Varoquaux,
  • Mary A. Madera,
  • Robert Hutmacher,
  • Adam Deutschbauer,
  • Jeffery A. Dahlberg,
  • Mary Lou Guerinot,
  • Elizabeth Purdom,
  • Jillian F. Banfield,
  • John W. Taylor,
  • Peggy G. Lemaux,
  • Devin Coleman-Derr

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23553-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Advances in omics provide a tool to understand mechanisms for plant–microbial interactions under stress. Here the authors apply genome-resolved metagenomics to investigate sorghum and its microbiome responses to drought, identifying an unexpected role of iron metabolism.