The occurrence of Frankia in tropical forest soils of Costa Rica |
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Authors: | Mark W. Paschke Jeffrey O. Dawson |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Forestry, University of Illinois, 61801 Urbana, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | Infective and effective Frankia were shown to occur in five diverse tropical forest soils of Costa Rica. Results of a plant infection assay indicated that Frankia is a common component of the soil biota in low and high elevation, primary and secondary forest soils. This is the first report of Frankia in lowland tropical rainforests of the Americas. These results suggest either a nonsymbiotic population of soil Frankia, the presence of unknown actinorhizal host species, or an ability of Frankia to be dispersed over long distances. |
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Keywords: | actinorhizal plants Costa Rica dinitrogen-fixation Frankia root nodules symbiosis tropical soils |
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