Identification of two genera of N2-fixing cyanobacteria growing on three feather moss species in boreal forests of Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1025-1029

  Houle, Daniel ^a   Bilodeau Gauthier, Simon ^b   Paquet, Serge ^c   Planas, Dolors ^c   Warren, Annabelle ^c  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Feather mosses; N2 fixing cyanobacteria; Nostoc; Stigonema

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BOREAL FORESTS; FEATHER MOSSES; N2-FIXING CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; STIGONEMA;

BACTERIA;

BOREAL FOREST; CYANOBACTERIUM; HOST PLANT; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA; FORESTS; NITROGEN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP. A; PLEUROZIUM; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; STIGONEMA;

EID: 33750601378     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-059     Document Type: Article

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