Microfungal-community diversity in Zygophyllum dumosum and Hammada scoparia root zones in the northern Negev Desert

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 390-400

  Yu, Jun ^a,b   Grishkan, Isabella ^c   Steinberger, Yosef ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Perennial shrub; Soil dilution plate method; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

AMARANTHACEAE; BIOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGI; ISRAEL; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ZYGOPHYLLUM;

COELOMYCETES; HAMMADA SCOPARIA; MITOSPORIC ASCOMYCOTA; ZYGOMYCOTA; ZYGOPHYLLUM DUMOSUM;

EID: 84876421207     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100597     Document Type: Article

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