Soil ciliate species richness and abundance associated with the rhizosphere of different subtropical plant species

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 582-588

  Acosta Mercado, Dimaris ^a,b   Lynn, Denis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ciliate biodiversity; Plant effect; Puerto Rico; Subtropical ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CILIATE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CILIOPHORA; FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 5344233446     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00295.x     Document Type: Article

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