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SUBMITTER: Aizenberg-Gershtein Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4650603 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20150630
Pyridine-type alkaloids are most common in Nicotiana species. To study the effect of alkaloid composition on bacterial community composition in floral nectar, we compared the nicotine-rich wild type (WT) N. attenuata, the nicotine biosynthesis-silenced N. attenuata that was rich in anatabine and the anabasine-rich WT N. glauca plants. We found that the composition of these secondary metabolites in the floral nectar drastically affected the bacterial community richness, diversity and composition. ...[more]