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Metagenome-assembled genomes from the temperate forest phyllosphere in Eastern Canada

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The phyllosphere is host to diverse microbial communities surviving in dynamic environmental conditions and which form important relationships with their hosts. Here, we constructed metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from 25 temperate forest phyllosphere samples collected in Eastern Canada. We found 423 dereplicated MAGs with completeness ≥50% and contamination ≤10%, using a combination of co-assembly strategies. The MAGs were predominantly classified into the bacterial phyla Pseudomonadota ( n =197), Actinomycetota ( n =88) and Acidobacteriota ( n =50) and included two archaeal MAGs in the phylum Thermoproteota . These genomes can help to improve reference database entries of phyllosphere-affiliated microbes, increasing our understanding of phyllosphere microbial phylogenomic and community dynamics and the ecological roles of phyllosphere microbiomes.

Source: Access Microbiology

DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.001189.v3

Authors: David A.N. Ross, Jocelyn Lauzon, Vladimir Makarenkov, Steven Kembel

Institution: Université du Québec à Montréal

Language: English

Topic: Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $858

Funder: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada