Microbial populations and activities in the rhizoplane of rock-weathering desert plants. I. Root colonization and weathering of igneous rocks

Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 629-642

  Puente, M E ^a   Bashan, Y ^a   Li, C Y ^b   Lebsky, V K ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Cactus; Cardon; Cholla; Desert; Ficus; Fig tree; Fluorescent pseudomonads; Lava degradation; Nitrogen fixation; Opuntia; Pachycereus; Phosphate solubilization; Rock weathering; Soil formation; Stenocereus

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DESERT; IGNEOUS ROCK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ROOT COLONIZATION;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FICUS; GEOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL;

CACTACEAE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FICUS; GEOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CACTACEAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FUNGI; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA IMBRICATA; PACHYCEREUS; PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP; RHIZOBIACEAE; STENOCEREUS; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

EID: 4944248062     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821100     Document Type: Article

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