Diversity of laccase genes from basidiomycetes in a forest soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1025-1036

  Luis, Patricia ^a,b   Walther, Grit ^a   Kellner, Harald ^a   Martin, Francis ^b   Buscot, François ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetes; Degenerate PCR primers; Gene diversity; Laccases; Soil DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GENES; PATHOLOGY; SOILS;

GENE STRUCTURES; ORGANIC MATTERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

DNA; ENZYME; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 2942744930     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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