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ArticleMicrobes and environments2020

Comparative Analysis of Microbial Communities in Fronds and Roots of Three Duckweed Species: Spirodela polyrhiza, Lemna minor, and Lemna aequinoctialis.

Tomoki Iwashita, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hideyuki Tamaki, Yasuko Yoneda, Ayaka Makino, Yuka Tateno, Yan Li, Tadashi Toyama, Yoichi Kamagata, Kazuhiro Mori

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Article in Microbes and environments, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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10 authors.

Tomoki IwashitaGraduate School of Engineering, University of Yamanashi.
Yasuhiro TanakaGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi.
Hideyuki TamakiBioproduction Research Institute, AIST.
Yasuko YonedaBioproduction Research Institute, AIST.
Ayaka MakinoBioproduction Research Institute, AIST.
Yuka TatenoGraduate School of Engineering, University of Yamanashi.
Yan LiGraduate School of Engineering, University of Yamanashi.
Tadashi ToyamaGraduate School of Engineering, University of Yamanashi.
Yoichi KamagataBioproduction Research Institute, AIST.
Kazuhiro MoriGraduate School of Engineering, University of Yamanashi.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbial communities inhabiting the fronds of duckweeds have not been investigated in as much detail as those on the roots. We herein examined the microbial communities in three duckweed species using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and compared them to those on the roots. The microbial compositions of the fronds were distinct from those of the roots in the three species. Various types of taxonomic bacteria, including rarely cultivated phyla, Acidobacteria, Armatimonadetes, and Verrucomicrobia, were also isolated from the fronds, but at a slightly lower abundance than those from the roots. These results suggest that duckweed fronds are an alternative source for isolating rare and novel microbes, which may otherwise be recalcitrant to cultivation using conventional strategies.

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MicrobiotaAraceaeBacteriaPhylogenyPlant LeavesPlant RootsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16SAcidobacteriaaquatic plantArmatiomonadetesduckweedmicrobial communityVerrucomicrobia

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PMID32684532
PMCPMC7511783

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