Serpentine soil has little influence on the root-associated microbial community composition of the serpentine tolerant grass species Avenula sulcata

Plant and Soil

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 393-405

  Fitzsimons, Michael S ^a,c   Miller, R Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Microbial ecology; Phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDOPHYTE; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; GENETIC MARKER; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; PLANT COMMUNITY; SERPENTINE;

ARBUSCULAR; AVENULA; FUNGI;

EID: 77950339868     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0213-9     Document Type: Article

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