The bryophyte genus Sphagnum is a reservoir for powerful and extraordinary antagonists and potentially facultative human pathogens

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-53

  Opelt, Katja ^a   Berg, Christian ^b   Berg, Gabriele ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial antagonists; Bryophytes; Rhizoctonia solani; Sphagnum; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BRYOPHYTE; PATHOGEN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA; ECOLOGY; HAFNIA; MOSS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FALLAX; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; YERSINIA;

ANTIBIOSIS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOCTONIA; SPHAGNOPSIDA; VERTICILLIUM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BURKHOLDERIA; HAFNIA; PANTOEA; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FALLAX; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE; YERSINIA;

EID: 34250026690     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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