Co-occurring grass species differ in their associated microbial community composition in a temperate native grassland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 419-431

  Osanai, Yui ^a   Bougoure, Damian S ^b   Hayden, Helen L ^b   Hovenden, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; C3 C4 grasslands; Plant microbe associations; Soil bacteria; Soil fungi; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATIVE SPECIES; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84879183680     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1529-4     Document Type: Article

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