Growth of Frankia strains in leaf litter-amended soil and the rhizosphere of a nonactinorhizal plant

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-141

  Mirza, Babur S ^a   Welsh, Allana ^a   Hahn, Dittmar ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Microcosms; Probes; Saprotrophic growth

Indexed keywords

RNA 23S;

BACTERIUM; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF LITTER; MICROCOSM; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYLOGENETICS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TAXONOMY;

ALDER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETULA PENDULA; BIRCH; FRANKIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL AMENDMENT;

BETULA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANKIA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALNUS; BETULA PENDULA; CASUARINA; ELAEAGNUS; FRANKIA;

EID: 69949167942     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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