Euphorbia plant latex is inhabited by diverse microbial communities

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1966-1977

  Gunawardana, Manjula ^a   Hyde, Embriette R ^b,c   Lahmeyer, Sean ^d   Dorsey, Brian L ^d   La Val, Taylor P ^a   Mullen, Madeline ^a   Yoo, Jennifer ^a   Knight, Rob ^b,c   Baum, Marc M ^a  

^a OAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Huntington Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture independent analysis; Euphorbia; Euphorbiaceae; Latex; Microbial communities; Microbial ecology; Sap

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HOST PLANT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT PRODUCT; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

LATEX; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; EUPHORBIA; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOPHYTES; EUPHORBIA; FUNGI; LATEX; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84954517274     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500223     Document Type: Article

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