Soil & Rhizosphere Oxygen Gradients

Soil & Rhizosphere

Oxygen Gradients

Soil Close-Up

Bulk Soil vs Rhizosphere

• Bulk soil is that away from the influence of plant roots (i.e. water, oxygen, exudates).

• Bulk soil community is subject to greater environmental variability.

• Rhizosphere community has greater microbial biomass and activity compared with that in bulk soil.

Nitrogen Fixing Actinomycetes

T-plasmid Function

Mycorrhizae Fungi

Linking sporocarp to ectomycorrhizae

Kataloq: ~mph13
~mph13 -> Microbial Ecology Microbes in their Environment