The seagrass holobiont and its microbiome

Microorganisms

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Ugarelli, Kelly ^a   Chakrabarti, Seemanti ^a   Laas, Peeter ^a   Stingl, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Holobiont; Microbiome; Rhizosphere; Seagrass; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043726086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms5040081     Document Type: Review

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