RNA-seq of rice root colonised and non-colonised by nitrogen fixing bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae

Herbaspirillum spp. colonise rice and other plants and stimulate plant growth and productivity. However the molecular factors involved are largely unknown. To further explore this interaction, an RNA-seq transcriptional analysis of Nipponbare rice roots after 3 days of inoculation with Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 was carried out in two independent samples (biological replicates) of each treatment (non-inoculated and inoculated). Yielding a total of 4 sequencing libraries, which were designated IR3a and IR3b libraries (inoculated roots) and CR3a and CR3b (non-inoculated roots).