New PCR assay detects rare tooth fungi in wood where traditional approaches fail

Mycological Research

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1187-1194

  Parfitt, David ^a   Hynes, Juliet ^a   Rogers, Hilary J ^a   Boddy, Lynne ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOOD;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUERCUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOOD;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CREOLOPHUS CIRRHATUS; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS; FUNGI; HERICIUM; HERICIUM ALPESTRE; HERICIUM CORALLOIDES; QUERCUS CERRIS;

EID: 26244442953     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095375620500359X     Document Type: Article

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