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Junker, Robert R. ; Loewel, C. ; Gross, Roy ; Dötterl, Stefan ; Keller, Alexander ; Blüthgen, Nico:
Composition of epiphytic bacterial communities differs on petals and leaves.
In: Plant Biology.
Bd. 13
(2011)
Heft 6
.
- S. 918-924.
ISSN 1438-8677
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00454.x
Abstract
The epiphytic bacterial communities colonising roots and leaves have beendescribed for many plant species. In contrast, microbiologists have rarely considered flowers of naturally growing plants. We identified bacteria isolated from the surface of petals and leaves of two plant species, Saponaria officinalis (Caryophyllaceae) and Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae). The bacterial diversity was much lower on petals than on leaves of the same plants. Moreover, the bacterial communities differed strongly in composition: while Pseudomonadaceae and Microbacteriaceae were the most abundant families on leaves, Enterobacteriaceae dominated the floral communities. We hypothesise that antibacterial floral volatiles trigger the low diversity on petals, which is supported by agar diffusion assays using substances emitted by flowers and leaves of S. officinalis. These results suggest that bacteria should be included in the interpretation of floral traits, and possible effects of bacteria on pollinationare proposed and discussed.
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Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
Zusätzliche Informationen: | BAYCEER92266 |
Institutionen der Universität: | Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren > Bayreuther Zentrum für Ökologie und Umweltforschung - BayCEER Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Biologie > Lehrstuhl Pflanzensystematik Fakultäten Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Biologie Forschungseinrichtungen Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren |
Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
Themengebiete aus DDC: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik |
Eingestellt am: | 06 Jul 2015 10:25 |
Letzte Änderung: | 05 Apr 2016 12:59 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/15851 |