Fungal Assemblages Associated with Roots of Halophytic and Non-halophytic Plant Species Vary Differentially Along a Salinity Gradient

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 668-679

  Maciá Vicente, Jose G ^a,c   Ferraro, Valeria ^b   Burruano, Santella ^b   Lopez Llorca, Luis V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; FUNGI; INULA; INULA CRITHMOIDES; OTUS;

EID: 84866728878     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0066-2     Document Type: Article

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