Understanding microbial multi-species symbioses

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  Aschenbrenner, Ines A ^a,b   Cernava, Tomislav ^a,c   Berg, Gabriele ^a   Grube, Martin ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c AUSTRIAN CENTRE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alphaproteobacteria host associated bacteria; Lichens; Microbiome; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NICHE; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MODEL; SPECIES; SYMBIONT; THALLUS;

EID: 84962127968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00180     Document Type: Review

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