Impact of endochitinase-transformed white spruce on soil fungal communities under greenhouse conditions

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-208

  Lamarche, Josyanne ^a   Stefani, Franck O P ^a,b   Séguin, Armand ^a   Hamelin, Richard C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endochitinase; Phylogenetic diversity; Soil cloning; Soil fungal communities; Transgenic white spruce

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPRUCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE;

BIOMASS; CHITINASE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; PHYLOGENY; PICEA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSGENES; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 79953803636     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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