Interactions Between Testate Amoebae and Saprotrophic Microfungi in a Scots Pine Litter Microcosm

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 660-668

  Vohník, Martin ^a,b   Burdíková, Zuzana ^b,c   Vyhnal, Aleš ^c   Koukol, Ondřej ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBOZOA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCOTS PINE;

ASCOMYCOTA; LOBOSEA; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MYCELIUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PHRYGANELLA ACROPODIA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POCHONIA BULBILLOSA;

EID: 79953747564     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9777-4     Document Type: Article

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