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Organisms as Ecosystems: Exploring the Microbiome of Plants Scharnagl, Klara [1]. Organisms as Ecosystems: Exploring the Microbiome of Plants. There has been a recent surge in research of the microbiome of plants... from pathogens to symbionts, fellow plants, even animals [consider the tardygrades that live inside lichens!]. What role do these bacterial, fungal, and other endophytes play? How do they benefit or harm their plant host? How do host and microbiome communicate with one another, or do they? This colloquium invites speakers who study the complex world-within-plants to answer these, and other, questions regarding the diversity and ecology of the plant microbiome. Broader Impacts:
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1 - Florida International University, Earth and Environment, 11200 SW 8th Street, AHC-II, Room 290, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
Keywords:
fungi
endophyte
microbiome
symbiosis
bacteria.
Presentation Type: Array
Session: C8
Location: Rosedown/Riverside Hilton
Date: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
Time: 8:00 AM
Number: C8SUM
Abstract ID:6
Candidate for Awards:None |
