Deciphering composition and function of the root microbiome of a legume plant

Microbiome

Table 2 Bacterial strains used in the microcosm experiments

Strain ID	Phylum	Genus	Species^a	Abb.	OTU	Colonization^b
Control	–	–	–	NBC	–	>1 × 10^2c
KHB073	Actinobacteria	Microbacterium	M. sp. or oxydans	M	n.d.	7.80 × 10⁶
KHB002	Bacteroidetes	Flavobacterium	F. succinicans	F	OTU_7	3.51 × 10⁶
KHB004	Proteobacteria	Pseudomonas	P. veronii or fluorescens	P	OTU_3	5.48 × 10⁷
KHB023	Proteobacteria	Janthinobacterium	J. lividum	J	OTU_1379	2.95 × 10⁷

Abb. Abbreviation, n.d. not detected in the Trifolium root microbiome using high-throughput sequencing
^aTaxonomy based on Greengenes 16S database [51]
^bMean bacterial cell number on roots after 25 days in the microcosms in experiment 3
^cHighest order of magnitude at which observed OTUs were recorded

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