Shifts in symbiotic endophyte communities of a foundational salt marsh grass following oil exposure from the deepwater horizon oil spill

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Kandalepas, Demetra ^a,b   Blum, Michael J ^a,b   Van Bael, Sunshine A ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRASS; HYDROCARBON METABOLIZER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SALT MARSH; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SYMBIOSIS; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; WETLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTES; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POACEAE; SYMBIOSIS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84928776932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122378     Document Type: Article

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