Zea mays L. Metagenome. Zea mays metagenome

This research aimed to investigate the composition and diversity of endophytic bacterial community among hybrid maize and their parental lines in order to reveal the potential relationship and association of endophytic bacteria between maize genotypes and their genetic relevance. In this study, the seeds of four hybrid maize combinations and their five parental lines were collected to investigate their endopytic bacteria. 575 core OTUs were revealed in both hybrid and parental varieties, which occupied over 98% of sequenced reads, classified to phylum Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria. Most OTUs belonged to Proteobacteria, and Enterobacter, Shigella, Pseudomonas and Achromobacter were major genus.