Defined microbial communities of the Culture Collection of Maize Root-Associated Bacteria (ZeaMiC)
Maize Rhizosphere most abundant genera
DSM Set ZeaMiC.A
The ZeaMic.A bundle includes 15 representative isolates from the “core” genera that represented 97% of the relative abundance in Swift et al. (2025). These isolates were selected based on their biosafety level categorization (all are biosafety level 1; BSL-1) and genome quality. For genera with multiple isolates, the isolate with the lowest number of contigs and best genome coverage was selected.
| species | representative strain | DSM No. |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrobacter sp. | MI9 | 119891 |
| Bacillus nitratireducens | LBA71 | 119881 |
| Bradyrhizobium centrosematis | SVR5-10H | 114503 |
| Chitinophaga sp. | SVR4-12A | 115115 |
| Dyella marensis | TLI8-3E | 117011 |
| Leifsonia sp. | KNZ13-11D | 116990 |
| Luteibacter sp. | TLI7-4A | 117050 |
| Methylobacterium sp. | SB1 | 120146 |
| Nocardioides sp. | LML1 | 119945 |
| Pseudomonas koreensis | KU2C | 117041 |
| Rhizobium sp. | KNZ14-9A | 117034 |
| Stenotrophomonas rhizophila | MSU4C | 117181 |
| Streptomyces sp. | LMG1 | 119946 |
| Telluria cellulosilytica | MI13 | 120054 |
| Variovorax sp. | TLI9-5A | 117021 |
Maize Rhizosphere 7-member bacterial synthetic community
DSM Set ZeaMiC.B
The ZeaMiC.B bundle consists of the 7-member bacterial synthetic community developed by Niu et al. (2017).
| species | representative strain | DSM No. |
|---|---|---|
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | AA1 | 114483 |
| Brucella pituitosa | AA2 | 114565 |
| Curtobacterium pusillum | AA3 | 114566 |
| Enterobacter ludwigii | AA4 | 114484 |
| Chryseobacterium indologenes | AA5 | 114485 |
| Herbaspirillum robiniae | AA6 | 114508 |
| Pseudomonas putida | AA7 | 114486 |
Maize Rhizosphere less abundant genera
DSM Set ZeaMiC.C
The ZeaMiC.C bundle includes 22 representative isolates from all remaining genera included in the ZeaMiC collection that are not represented in the ZeaMiC.A and ZeaMiC.B bundles. These isolates were selected based on their biosafety level categorization (all are biosafety level 1; BSL-1) and genome quality. For genera with multiple isolates, the isolate with the lowest number of contigs and best genome coverage was selected.
| species | representative strain | DSM No. |
|---|---|---|
| Achromobacter animicus | SVR4-6G | 117009 |
| Agrobacterium fabacearum | TLI6-9E | 117037 |
| Brevibacillus agri | MSU2C | 116991 |
| Cellulomonas sp. | KU4C | 116988 |
| Chryseobacterium sp. | KU4A | 117016 |
| Deinococcus soli | LDE1 | 119887 |
| Flavobacterium johnsoniae | MSU2B | 117039 |
| Franconibacter pulveris | SD173 | 120056 |
| Kocuria marina | SVR3-10G | 115097 |
| Labrys sp. | HAY1-8F | 116993 |
| Mesorhizobium sp. | HAY1-8B | 117031 |
| Microbacterium saccharophilum | KNZ12-10D | 116987 |
| Monashia sp. | HAY1-11D | 117022 |
| Pantoea sp. | SD811 | 120057 |
| Paraburkholderia terricola | KNZ12-1H | 117019 |
| Peribacillus frigoritolerans | LBA21 | 119880 |
| Rahnella aceris | MI2 | 120055 |
| Rhodococcus fascians | MSU4B | 117032 |
| Roseateles sp. | MSU3D | 117040 |
| Sinomonas sp. | T428B | 119889 |
| Sphingobium sp. | LSP13 | 120058 |
| Trinickia sp. | HAY1-2D | 120059 |