Ribosomal small subunit sequence variation within spores of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Scutellospora sp.

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 915-921

  Clapp, J P ^a,b   Fitter, A H ^a   Young, J P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Diversity; Glomales; RRNA; Scutellospora; SSU; VANS1

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GENETICS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZYGOMYCOTA;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; ASCOMYCOTA; CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA; FUNGI; GIGASPORACEAE; GLOMERALES; HYACINTHOIDES NON-SCRIPTA; MYCORRHIZAE; MYXOGASTRIA; SCUTELLOSPORA;

EID: 0033150450     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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