Composition and diversity of nifH genes of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria associated with boreal forest feather mosses

Sammanfattning

We demonstrated that the cyanobacterial communities associated with feather mosses show a high degree of host specificity. However, phylotype composition and diversity, and nitrogen fixation, did not differ among groups of islands that varied greatly in their availability of resources. These results suggest that moss species identity, but not extrinsic environmental conditions, serves as the primary determinant of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterial communities that inhabit mosses.

Nyckelord

boreal forest; cyanobacteria; feather mosses; nifH diversity; nitrogen fixation

Publicerad i

New Phytologist
2011, volym: 192, nummer: 2, sidor: 507-517
Utgivare: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU författare

• Bay, Guillaume

  • Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Stockholms Universitet

• Wardle, David

  • Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Nilsson Hegethorn, Marie-Charlotte

  • Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03809.x

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/57784