Influence of host plant-derived and abiotic environmental parameters on the composition of the diazotroph assemblage associated with roots of Juncus roemerianus

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-261

  LaRocque, Jeannine R ^a   Bergholz, Peter W ^a   Bagwell, Christopher E ^a,b   Lovell, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diazotroph; Distribution; Edaphic variables; Host specificity; Juncus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST SPECIFICITY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SALTMARSH;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH CAROLINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); JUNCUS; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS;

EID: 8744277933     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000047936.59762.99     Document Type: Article

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