Geosiphon pyriforme, a fungus forming endocytobiosis with Nostoc (cyanobacteria), is an ancestral member of the glomales: Evidence by SSU rRNA analysis

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-81

  Gehrig, H ^a   Schußler A ^a,b   Kluge, M ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocytobiosis; Geosiphon pyriforme; Glomales; Glomus versiforme; Molecular evolution; Small subunit rRNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0029847319     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02352301     Document Type: Article

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