Associations between ectomycorrhizal fungi and bacterial needle endophytes in Pinus radiata: Implications for biotic selection of microbial communities

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Rúa, Megan A ^a,b   Wilson, Emily C ^c   Steele, Sarah ^a   Munters, Arielle R ^c   Hoeksema, Jason D ^a   Frank, Anna C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial endophytes; Conifers; Exploration types; Foraging traits; Gammaproteobacteria; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FILTRATION; FORAGING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOBILIZATION; NUTRIENT; PINE; POPULATION MODEL; SPECIES;

EID: 84964330919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00399     Document Type: Article

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