Comparative study of bacterial communities in nepenthes pitchers and their correlation to species and fluid acidity. plant metagenome

Pitchers are specialized digestive organs of carnivorous plants for trapping prey and represent a unique environment harboring hidden diversity of unexplored microbes forming transient hydrolytic microcosms. In this study, the diversity of bacterial communities in the pitcher fluids of seven local nepenthes found in Thailand was assessed tagged 16S rRNA geneamplicon sequencing on an Ion Proton platform.

捕虫笼是食肉植物用以捕获猎物的特化消化器官，同时亦是一类独特的生境，蕴藏着尚未被发掘的微生物多样性，可形成暂时性水解微生态系统。本研究借助Ion Proton测序平台，通过带标签的16S rRNA基因扩增子测序技术，对泰国境内发现的7种本土猪笼草的捕虫笼液体中的细菌群落多样性进行了评估。