Specificity of salt marsh diazotrophs for vegetation zones and plant hosts
Salt marshes located on the east coast of temperate North America are highly productive, typically nitrogen-limited, and support diverse assemblages of nitrogen fixing (diazotrophic) bacteria. The distributions of these diazotrophs are strongly influenced by plant host and abiotic environmental par...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-03-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00084/full |