The Sphagnum microbiome: new insights from an ancient plant lineage

Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum play a major role in global carbon storage and dominate many northern peatland ecosystems, which are currently being subjected to some of the most rapid climate changes on Earth.Arapidly expanding database indicates that a diverse community of microorganisms is inti...

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Published in:	The New phytologist Vol. 211; no. 1; pp. 57 - 64
Main Authors:	Kostka, Joel E., Weston, David J., Glass, Jennifer B., Lilleskov, Erik A., Shaw, A. Jonathan, Turetsky, Merritt R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England New Phytologist Trust 01.07.2016 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc Wiley
Subjects:	60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES Acidity Aerobic conditions antagonists Bacteria BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES carbon Carbon cycle carbon sequestration Carboxylic acids Cations Climate change Community structure Cultivation Drought Ecosystems Environmental factors Environmental research fungi Habitats high-throughput nucleotide sequencing host plants Leaves methanotroph Microbial activity microbiome Microbiota - genetics Microbiota - physiology mutualism nitrogen Nitrogen fixation nitrogen-fixing bacteria Nucleic acids Nutrient cycles Pathogens peatland peatlands Physiological ecology plant growth promotion Plant tissues Polymers prokaryotic cells Soil types Sphagnopsida - microbiology Sphagnum symbionts Tansley insights tissues methanotroph bacteria fungi peatland nitrogen fixation microbiome plant growth promotion Sphagnum
ISSN:	0028-646X, 1469-8137
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