Secreted pitfall-trap fluid of carnivorous Nepenthes plants is unsuitable for microbial growth

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-383

  Buch, Franziska ^a   Rott, Matthias ^a,c   Rottloff, Sandy ^a,d   Paetz, Christian ^a   Hilke, Ines ^b   Raessler, Michael ^b   Mithöfer, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; carnivorous plants; defensive proteins; digestive pitcher fluid; mineral nutrients; naphthoquinones; Nepenthes spp.; pitfall traps

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NAPHTHOQUINONE; NITROGEN; PLUMBAGIN; RNA 16S; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; COLONIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHATE; PITFALL TRAP; PLANT DEFENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREY CAPTURE; PROTEIN; SECONDARY METABOLITE; YEAST;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EXUDATE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RNA GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SARRACENIACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHROPODS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, RRNA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; NITROGEN; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SARRACENIACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874463966     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs287     Document Type: Article

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