Diversity of culturable phyllosphere bacteria on beech and oak: The effects of lepidopterous larvae

Microbiological Research

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-297

  Müller, Thomas ^a   Müller, Marina ^a   Behrendt, Undine ^a   Stadler, Bernhard ^b,c  

^a Inst Prim Prod Microbial Ecol   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Folivorous insects; Forested ecosystems; N cycling; Phyllosphere

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHY; NITROGEN CYCLE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0347093567     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-5013-00207     Document Type: Article

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