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Microbial phylotype composition and diversity predicts plant productivity and plant-soil feedbacks.
Ecology letters - 1 Feb 2013
Bever James D, Broadhurst Linda M, Thrall Peter H
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The relationship between ecological variation and microbial genetic composition is critical to understanding microbial influence on community and ecosystem function. In glasshouse trials using nine native legume species and 40 rhizobial strains, we find that bacterial rRNA phylotype accounts for 68% of amoung isolate variability in symbiotic effectiveness and 79% of host specificity in growth response. We also...
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