Publication Date:
2006-07-01
Description:
We found an extraordinary level of bacterial biodiversity in the tree leaf canopy of a tropical Atlantic forest by using culture-independent molecular methods. Our survey suggests that each tree species selects for a distinct microbial community. Analysis of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences revealed that about 97% of the bacteria were unknown species and that the phyllosphere of any one tree species carries at least 95 to 671 bacterial species. The tree canopies of tropical forests likely represent a large reservoir of unexplored microbial diversity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lambais, M R -- Crowley, D E -- Cury, J C -- Bull, R C -- Rodrigues, R R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Jun 30;312(5782):1917.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Soils and Soil Science, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. mlambais@esalq.usp.br〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16809531" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Bacteria/*classification/genetics/*isolation & purification
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*Biodiversity
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Brazil
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DNA Fingerprinting
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*Ecosystem
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Genes, rRNA
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Plant Leaves/*microbiology
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
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Trees/*microbiology
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Tropical Climate
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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