Characterisation of the Carpinus betulus L. Phyllomicrobiome in Urban and Forest Areas

Urban green areas are highly valued by citizens for their contribution to the quality of life in cities. Plants play an important role in mitigating airborne pollutants and are assisted in this role by the metabolic capacities of the millions of microbial cells that colonize leaf surfaces (phyllosph...

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Main Authors: Valeria Imperato, Lukasz Kowalkowski, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Stanislaw W. Gawronski, Jaco Vangronsveld, Sofie Thijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01110/full