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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Aquatic Photosynthetic Organisms
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1404718
This article is part of the Research Topic Functional Response of Aquatic Plants to Environmental Stressors View all 9 articles

Epiphytic bacterial community composition on four submerged macrophytes in different regions of Taihu Lake 1

Provisionally accepted
Hongda Fang Hongda Fang 1*Zhuo Zhen Zhuo Zhen 2*Fan Yang Fan Yang 2*Hailei Su Hailei Su 3*Yuan Wei Yuan Wei 3*
  • 1 Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
  • 2 Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Transformation, Institute of Urban Environment (CAS), Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
  • 3 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China

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    The epiphytic bacteria in aquatic ecosystems, inhabiting a unique ecological niche with significant ecological function, have long been the subject of attention.Habitat characteristics and plants species are believed to be important in controlling the assembly of epiphytic bacteria. However, the underlying principle governing assembly of the epiphytic bacterial community on macrophytes is far from clear. In this study, we systematically compared the diversity and community composition of epiphytic bacteria both in different habitats and on different species of macrophytes where they were attached on. Results suggested that neither the plant species nor the habitat had a significant effect on the diversity and community of epiphytic bacteria independently, indicating that the epiphytic bacterial community composition was correlated to both geographical distance and individual species of macrophytes. Besides, almost all of the

    Keywords: Epiphytic bacteria, Submerged macrophyte, Host-specificity, habitat heterogeneity, Lottery model

    Received: 21 Mar 2024; Accepted: 03 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Fang, Zhen, Yang, Su and Wei. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Hongda Fang, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian Province, China
    Zhuo Zhen, Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Transformation, Institute of Urban Environment (CAS), Xiamen, 361021, Fujian Province, China
    Fan Yang, Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Transformation, Institute of Urban Environment (CAS), Xiamen, 361021, Fujian Province, China
    Hailei Su, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
    Yuan Wei, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China

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