Quantification of ectomycorrhizal mycelium in soil by real-time PCR compared to conventional quantification techniques

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-292

  Landeweert, Renske ^a   Veenman, Christiaan ^b   Kuyper, Thom W ^a   Fritze, Hannu ^c   Wernars, Karel ^b   Smit, Eric ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cloning; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Ectomycorrhizal fungus; Hyphal length; Molecular quantification; Mycelium; Phospholipid fatty acid; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; rDNA

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FUNGI; PAXILLUS; PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS; SUILLUS; SUILLUS BOVINUS;

EID: 0042564541     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00163-6     Document Type: Article

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