Frankia bacteria in Alnus rubra forests: Genetic diversity and determinants of assemblage structure

Plant and Soil

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 479-492

  Kennedy, Peter G ^a   Weber, Marjorie G ^b   Bluhm, Andrew A ^c  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus; Frankia; Geography; Management; nifH; Pacific Northwest; Site age; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANKIA;

EID: 77956872846     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0436-9     Document Type: Article

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