Advancing the science of microbial symbiosis to support invasive species management: A case study on Phragmites in the Great Lakes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Kowalski, Kurt P ^a   Bacon, Charles ^b   Bickford, Wesley ^a   Braun, Heather ^c   Clay, Keith ^d   Leduc Lapierre, Michèle ^c   Lillard, Elizabeth ^c   McCormick, Melissa K ^e   Nelson, Eric ^f   Torres, Monica ^g   White, James ^g   Wilcox, Douglas A ^h  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Great Lakes Commission   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Collaborative; Endophyte; Fungi; Great Lakes Region; Invasive species management; Phragmites; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EPIPHYTE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84927565080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00095     Document Type: Review

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