Green plants that feed on fungi: facts and questions about mixotrophy

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 64-70

  Selosse, Marc André ^a   Roy, Mélanie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; ERICACEAE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYCORRHIZA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

CARBON; ERICACEAE; EVOLUTION; MYCORRHIZAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERICACEAE; FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 59349101593     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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