Shifting fungal endophyte communities colonize Bouteloua gracilis: Effect of host tissue and geographical distribution

Mycologia

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1012-1026

  Herrera, José ^a   Khidir, Hana H ^a   Eudy, Douglas M ^a   Porras Alfaro, Andrea ^b   Natvig, Donald O ^c   Sinsabaugh, Robert L ^c  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua gracilis; Dark septate endophytes; Endophytic fungi; Grassland fungi; Grasslands National Park; Janos; Konza Prairie; Llanos de Ojuelos; Sevilleta; Wind Cave National Park

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ROOT SYSTEM; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLIMATE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; NEW MEXICO; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SASKATCHEWAN; SOUTH DAKOTA;

CANADA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; SASKATCHEWAN; UNITED STATES;

AGARICALES; ARBUSCULAR; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; CAMPANELLA (BASIDIOMYCOTE); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HYPOCREALES; MONILIOPHTHORA; PARAPHAEOSPHAERIA; PLEOSPORALES; POACEAE;

EID: 77956632858     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/09-264     Document Type: Article

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