Seasonal variability of diazotroph assemblages associated with the rhizosphere of the salt marsh cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-265

  Gamble, Megan D ^a   Bagwell, Christopher E ^a,b   LaRocque, Jeannine ^a,c   Bergholz, Peter W ^a,d   Lovell, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEDIMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77950580816     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9558-0     Document Type: Article

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