Molecular diversity within and between ericoid endophytes from the Ericaceae and Epacridaceae

New Phytologist

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 351-358

  Mclean, C B ^a,b   Cunnington, J H ^b   Lawrie, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epacridaceae; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Fungal endophyte; Hymenoscyphus ericae; Internal transcribed spacer; Oidiodendron; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AUSTRALIA; CISTELLA GREVILLEI; DNA AMPLIFICATION; EPACRIS IMPRESSA; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC DIVERSITY; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ERICACEAE; HYMENOSCYPHUS ERICAE; OIDIODENDRON;

EID: 0032763362     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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