Mollicutes-related endobacteria thrive inside liverwort-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 822-836

  Desirò, Alessandro ^a   Naumann, Maria ^a   Epis, Sara ^b,c   Novero, Mara ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Genre, Andrea ^a   Bonfante, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; LIVERWORT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLLICUTES; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GLOMEROMYCOTA; HEPATOPHYTA; HYPHAE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TENERICUTES;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; CONOCEPHALUM CONICUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENDOBACTERIA; FUNGI; GLOMERALES; LUNULARIA CRUCIATA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; MOLLICUTES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84874706624     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02833.x     Document Type: Article

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