Isolation and morphological and metabolic characterization of common endophytes in annually burned tallgrass prairie

Mycologia

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 813-821

  Mandyam, Keerthi ^a   Loughin, Thomas ^a,b   Jumpponen, Ari ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dark septate endophytes (DSE); Enzymes; Microdochium; Periconia macrospinosa; Sterile fungi

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

ALLIUM PORRUM; ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; MICRODOCHIUM; PERICONIA; PERICONIA MACROSPINOSA;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE;

ASCOMYCOTA; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE;

EID: 77955897583     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/09-212     Document Type: Article

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