Oribatid mites as potential vectors for soil microfungi: Study of mite-associated fungal species

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 518-528

  Renker, C ^a   Otto, P ^a   Schneider, K ^b   Zimdars, B ^a   Maraun, M ^b   Buscot, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

FUNGUS; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VECTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 29244473506     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-005-5017-8     Document Type: Article

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