Geographical location determines the population structure in phyllosphere microbial communities of a salt-excreting desert tree

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7647-7655

  Finkel, Omri M ^a   Burch, Adrien Y ^b   Lindow, Steven E ^b   Post, Anton F ^c   Belkin, Shimshon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL; CLIMATIC REGIONS; DEAD SEA; DIVERSE COMMUNITY; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HALOMONAS; LEAF SURFACES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PHYLLOSPHERES; POPULATION STRUCTURES; STRESS CONDITION; TREE LEAVES; TREE SPECIES;

BACILLI; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATIC REGION; DESERT; EXCRETION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLLOSPHERE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALT; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAMARICACEAE; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; TAMARICACEAE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; DESERTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; MICROORGANISMS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

DEAD SEA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155163706     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05565-11     Document Type: Article

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