Antifungal Rhizosphere Bacteria Can increase as Response to the Presence of Saprotrophic Fungi.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge on the factors that determine the composition of bacterial communities in the vicinity of roots (rhizosphere) is essential to understand plant-soil interactions. Plant species identity, plant growth stage and soil properties have been indicated as major determinants of rhizosphere bacterial community composition. Here we show that the presence of saprotrophic fungi can be an additional factor steering rhizosphere bacterial community composition and functioning. We studied the impact of presence of two common fungal rhizosphere inhabitants (Mucor hiemalis and Trichoderma harzianum) on the composition of cultivable bacterial communities developing in the rhizosphere of Carex arenaria (sand sedge) in sand microcosms. Identification and phenotypic characterization of bacterial isolat

SUBMITTER: de Boer W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4578881 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature