Hunters or farmers? Microbiome characteristics help elucidate the diet composition in an aquatic carnivorous plant

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RIV/60077344:_____/18:00499264 RIV/67985939:_____/18:00499264 RIV/61389030:_____/18:00499264
Result on the web
<a href="https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40168-018-0600-7" target="_blank" >https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40168-018-0600-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0600-7" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40168-018-0600-7</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Hunters or farmers? Microbiome characteristics help elucidate the diet composition in an aquatic carnivorous plant
Original language description
BackgroundUtricularia are rootless aquatic carnivorous plants which have recently attracted the attention of researchers due to the peculiarities of their miniaturized genomes. Here, we focus on a novel aspect of Utricularia ecophysiologythe interactions with and within the complex communities of microorganisms colonizing their traps and external surfaces.ResultsBacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa inhabit the miniature ecosystem of the Utricularia trap lumen and are involved in the regeneration of nutrients from complex organic matter. By combining molecular methods, microscopy, and other approaches to assess the trap-associated microbial community structure, diversity, function, as well as the nutrient turn-over potential of bacterivory, we gained insight into the nutrient acquisition strategies of the Utricularia hosts.ConclusionsWe conclude that Utricularia traps can, in terms of their ecophysiological function, be compared to microbial cultivators or farms, which center around complex microbial consortia acting synergistically to convert complex organic matter, often of algal origin, into a source of utilizable nutrients for the plants.
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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