Here is a new article in the prestigious Tansley Reviews series, from
New Phytologist, on protozoa and plant growth... to add to your
soil biota / soil foodweb toolbox.
Regards,
Steve Diver
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Protozoa and plant growth: the microbial loop in soil revisited
A Tansley Review
New Phytologist
Volume 162 Issue 3 Page 617 - June 2004
Michael Bonkowski
Rhizosphere Ecology Group, Institut für Zoologie, Technische Universität
Darmstadt,
Darmstadt, Germany
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01066.x
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01066.x/abs
Summary
I. The rhizosphere interface of microbial and faunal interactions
II. Microfauna and plant growth
III. Victims and benefactors: how grazers affect bacterial community
composition
IV. Nonmotile plants with flexible strategies
V. Case study: root foraging and microfaunal activity
VI. Friend or foe? Microbial signals and the manipulation of root
architecture
VII. Carbon is the currency: microfauna interactions with mycorrhiza
VIII. The plant bridging above- and below-ground processes
IX. From microscale to macroscale: interactions at the plant community level
X. Conclusions and future research
Acknowledgements
References
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Received on Mon May 17 2004 - 22:04:17 EDT