Microbial communities of arboreal and ground soils in the Esquinas rainforest, Costa Rica

Plant and Soil

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Pittl, Elisabeth ^a   Innerebner, Gerd ^a   Wanek, Wolfgang ^b   Insam, Heribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Bacteria; Bromeliads; Epiphytic rhizosphere; Fungi; Tank soil

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BACTERIUM; CANOPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SIZE; RAINFOREST; REAL TIME; RHIZOSPHERE;

COSTA RICA;

BACILLACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MICROCOCCACEAE; NITROSOMONADALES; PSEUDOMONADACEAE;

EID: 77950341614     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0134-7     Document Type: Article

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