Fig. 1: Microbial communities of D. spatulata mucilage and surrounding co-occurring plants.
From: An acidophilic fungus promotes prey digestion in a carnivorous plant
a, D. spatulata. b, Close-up of stalk glands with secreted mucilage. c, Bacterial and fungal species evenness in sundew mucilage (n = 44) versus those of co-occurring moss (n = 24) and vascular plant leaf surfaces (n = 24). Asterisks denote significant difference from Wilcoxon rank sum test (two sided with multiple testing, ****adjusted P < 0.0001; mucilage versus vascular plant, P = 1.80 × 10−8; mucilage versus moss, P = 1.79 × 10−7). The centre line represents the median, and the upper and lower bounds of the box represent the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively. The whiskers extend to 1.5 times the interquartile range (i.q.r.). d,e, Beta diversity (Bray–Curtis index) of bacterial (d) and fungal (e) communities from three sites (Supplementary Fig. 2). Ellipses were drawn at 95% confidence level within samples of the same plant source and site. PC1, principal component 1; PC2, principal component 2.
