New perspectives towards analysing fungal communities in terrestrial environments

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-251

  Kowalchuk, George A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; TECHNIQUE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0033153153     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80043-3     Document Type: Article

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