Potential bias of fungal 18s rDNA and internal transcribed spacer polymerase chain reaction primers for estimating fungal biodiversity in soil

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-47

  Anderson, Ian C ^a,b   Campbell, Colin D ^a   Prosser, James I ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; MYXOGASTRIA; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 0037224886     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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