Temporal dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots of representative shrub species in a semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystem

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 449-460

  Sánchez Castro, Iván ^a   Ferrol, Nuria ^a   Cornejo, Pablo ^b   Barea, José Miguel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Mediterranean ecosystem; Rosmarinus officinalis; Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP); Temporal dynamics; Thymus zygis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLYMORPHISM; REVEGETATION; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL QUALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; LAMIACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROSMARINUS; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TIME;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GLOMEROMYCOTA; LAMIACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROSMARINUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

SPAIN;

ARBUSCULAR; DIVERSISPORACEAE; FUNGI; GLOMERACEAE; GLOMUS CONSTRICTUM; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; THYMUS ZYGIS;

EID: 84864378253     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-011-0421-z     Document Type: Article

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