Investigation of Microbial Community Structure and Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera L.), Sukkari Cultivar

Faten Dhawi, Sumayah I. Alsanie

Abstract

The rhizosphere microbial community of a plant plays a pivotal role in mediating plant and soil health. This study was conducted to unravel the rhizosphere microbial structure and community of Sukkari date palm trees. The soil collected from the rhizosphere was subjected to metagenomic analysis. The results revealed that most of the sequences (62%) were identified as bacteria: 48% were unknown bacteria, 5% were Actinobacteria, and 9% were Proteobacteria. Microorganisms belonging to eukaryotes were 25% of the microbial community, represented by 21% Streptophyta and 4% Ciliopora and 5% of the sequences were Archaea. These analyses were followed by functional enzyme analysis, which identified microbial metabolism in diverse environments related to nine carbohydrate and energy pathways; seven pathways were associated with degradation, and nine metabolic pathways were associated with amino acid metabolism. The comparison of community analysis with our previous study provided distinct differences even in the same plants with various cultivars.

 

Keywords: microorganism, bacteria, metabolites, Sukkari, DNA, rhizosphere, interaction, Phoenix dactylifera.

 

https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.49.6.2


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