Metagenomics: An effective approach for exploring microbial diversity and functions

NN Nam, HDK Do, KT Loan Trinh, NY Lee - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Various fields have been identified in the “omics” era, such as genomics, proteomics,
transcriptomics, metabolomics, phenomics, and metagenomics. Among these …

Rising food prices and farming households food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: policy implications from SouthWest Nigeria

AO Omotayo, AB Omotoso, SA Daud, OP Omotayo… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The government's lockdown and restriction measures on the COVID-19 pandemic adversely
altered livelihoods, commodity/food prices as well as food security status in Nigeria …

[HTML][HTML] Potentials of microbe-plant assisted bioremediation in reclaiming heavy metal polluted soil environments for sustainable agriculture

AO Omotayo, OP Omotayo - Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Crop intensification has increased as human population growth drives the demand for food.
However, urbanization, industrialization, and contamination of soil by heavy metal (HM) …

Metagenomic study of the community structure and functional potentials in maize rhizosphere microbiome: elucidation of mechanisms behind the improvement in …

OP Omotayo, ON Igiehon, OO Babalola - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The community of microbes in the rhizosphere region is diverse and contributes significantly
to plant growth and crop production. Being an important staple and economic crop, the …

Modulation of Maize Rhizosphere Microbiota Composition by Inoculation with Azospirillum argentinense Az39 (Formerly A. brasilense Az39)

A Coniglio, G Larama, R Molina, V Mora… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2022 - Springer
Azospirillum is one of the most important plant growths promoting rhizobacteria used in
agriculture worldwide. However, few reports are available describing the effects of this …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial genes of agricultural importance in maize rhizosphere unveiled through shotgun metagenomics

OP Omotayo, ON Igiehon… - Spanish Journal of Soil …, 2022 - frontierspartnerships.org
Genes possessed by microbes in the rhizosphere influence the metabolic activities that
occur in this zone. Although the maize rhizosphere has been reported to be a hotspot of …

Identification of major organisms involved in nutritional ecosystem in the acidic soil from Pennsylvania, USA

MT James, ST Farrisi, S Shah, V Shah - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms play a critical role in the structure and functioning of soil ecosystems. Within
acidic soil across the northeastern United States and Canada, we have little understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the active microbiome connected with the rhizosphere soil of maize plants in Ventersdorp, South Africa

OO Babalola, RR Molefe, AE Amoo - Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We conducted shotgun metagenomics sequencing of the maize rhizosphere and bulk soils
in Ventersdorp, South Africa. Information on the structural composition and functional …

Energetic Basis of Microbial Growth and Persistence in Terrestrial Oligotrophic Ecosystems

PM Leung - 2022 - bridges.monash.edu
This study examines strategies that support microbial life in environments with the harshest
conditions and little nutrients. In environments such as Antarctic desert, bacteria rely on …