A UNIQUE ASSEMBLAGE OF COSMOPOLITAN FRESHWATER BACTERIA AND HIGHER COMMUNITY DIVERSITY DIFFERENTIATE AN URBANIZED ESTUARY FROM OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE MICHIGAN

A unique assemblage of cosmopolitan freshwater bacteria and higher community diversity differentiate an urbanized estuary from oligotrophic Lake Michigan

Water quality is impacted significantly by urbanization.The delivery of increased nutrient loads to waterways is a primary characteristic of this land use change.Despite the recognized effects of nutrient loading on aquatic systems, the influence of urbanization on the bacterial community composition of these systems is not understood.We used massi

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Indigenous arbuscular mycorrhiza and Trichoderma from systems with soybean predominance can improve tomato growth

In the last decades, there has been a tendency towards sustainable agriculture.Following this trend, edaphic fungi as Trichoderma and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) could increase plant growth contributing to diminish agricultural chemical supply.However, little information exists in current research regarding the possible effects of alternativ

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