In situ analysis of the bacterial community associated with the reindeer lichen Cladonia arbuscula reveals predominance of Alphaproteobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-71

  Cardinale, Massimiliano ^a,b   Vieira De Castro Jr , João ^b   Müller, Henry ^b   Berg, Gabriele ^b   Grube, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acetobacteraceae; Alphaproteobacteria; Bacterial community; Cladonia arbuscula; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fluorescent in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; DOMINANCE; HOST PLANT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LICHEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLADONIA ARBUSCULA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FIRMICUTES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; LICHENS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLADONIA ARBUSCULA; CLADONIA RANGIFERINA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 51649111505     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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