The ecology of the phyllosphere: Geographic and phylogenetic variability in the distribution of bacteria on tree leaves

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2885-2893

  Redford, Amanda J ^a   Bowers, Robert M ^a   Knight, Rob ^a,b   Linhart, Yan ^a   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PONDEROSA PINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COLORADO; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHYLOGENY; PINUS PONDEROSA; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 77957885485     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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