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Microbiome and Biocatalytic Bacteria in Monkey Cup (Nepenthes Pitcher) Digestive Fluid

Tropical carnivorous plant, Nepenthes, locally known as “monkey cup”, utilises its pitcher as a passive trap to capture insects. It then secretes enzymes into the pitcher fluid to digest the insects for nutrients acquisition. However, little is known about the microbiota and their activity in its pi...

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Autores principales: Chan, Xin-Yue, Hong, Kar-Wai, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26817720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20016