Host Identity Impacts Rhizosphere Fungal Communities Associated with Three Alpine Plant Species

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 682-693

  Becklin, Katie M ^a,c,d   Hertweck, Kate L ^a   Jumpponen, Ari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GLOMUS; OTUS; POLEMONIUM VISCOSUM; SALIX; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE CERATOPHORUM; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 84858002835     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9968-7     Document Type: Article

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