Identification and characterization of anaerobic gut fungi using molecular methodologies based on ribosomal ITS1 and 18S rRNA

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 393-403

  Brookman, J L ^a,b   Mennim, G ^a,b   Trinci, A P J ^a   Theodorou, M K ^b   Tuckwell, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic gut fungi; In situ hybridization; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIROMYCES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEOCALLIMASTIX; NEOCALLIMASTIX FRONTALIS; NEOCALLIMASTIX HURLEYENSIS; NEOCALLIMASTIX PATRICIARUM; PIROMYCES;

EID: 0033981963     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-393     Document Type: Article

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