Species level identification of conifer associated Ceratocystis sapstain fungi by PCR-RFLP on a β-tubulin gene fragment

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-147

  Loppnau, Peter A ^a   Breuil, Colette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blue stain; Ceratocystis; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism; Sapstain; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BETA TUBULIN GENE; CERATOCYSTIS; CERATOCYSTIS ADIPOSA; CERATOCYSTIS COERULESCENS; CERATOCYSTIS DOUGLASSI; CERATOCYSTIS PINICOLA; CERATOCYSTIS POLONICA; CERATOCYSTIS RESINIFERA; CERATOCYSTIS RUFIPENNI; CONIFER; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

CERATOCYSTIS; CERATOCYSTIS ADIPOSA; CERATOCYSTIS COERULESCENS; CERATOCYSTIS DOUGLASSI; CERATOCYSTIS PINICOLA; CERATOCYSTIS POLONICA; CERATOCYSTIS RESINIFERA; CERATOCYSTIS RUFIPENNI; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; PINICOLA;

EID: 0038325634     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00256-8     Document Type: Article

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