Testing nickel tolerance of Sorghastrum nutans and its associated soil microbial community from serpentine and prairie soils

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-598

  Doherty, Jennifer H ^a   Ji, Baoming ^a   Casper, Brenda B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Nickel; Serpentine grassland; Soil microbial community; Sorghastrum nutans; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FUNGI; NICKEL;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; SERPENTINE GRASSLAND; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

NICKEL; SERPENTINE;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICKEL; PHYTOMASS; PRAIRIE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SERPENTINE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRAIRIE; SOIL POLLUTION; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; SURVIVAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MYCORRHIZAE; NICKEL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 38849204958     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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