Microbial diversity in the floral nectar of seven Epipactis (Orchidaceae) species

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 644-658

  Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Lenaerts, Marijke ^b,c   Tyteca, Daniel ^d   Lievens, Bart ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^c Scientia Terrae Research Institute   (Belgium)

^d EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Floral nectar; Microbial communities; Orchids; Yeasts.

Indexed keywords

LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALLOGAMY; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; AUTOGAMY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; D1 D2 DOMAIN; EPIPACTIS ATRORUBENS; EPIPACTIS HELLEBORINE; EPIPACTIS MICROPHYLLA; EPIPACTIS MUELLERI; EPIPACTIS NEGLECTA; EPIPACTIS PALUSTRIS; EPIPACTIS PURPURATA; FIRMICUTES; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA; FLORAL NECTAR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORCHIDS; YEASTS.;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT NECTAR; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIPACTIS; ORCHIDACEAE; OTUS;

EID: 84886362278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.103     Document Type: Article

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