Internal transcribed spacer primers and sequences for improved characterization of basidiomycetous orchid mycorrhizas

New Phytologist

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1020-1033

  Taylor, D Lee ^a   McCormick, Melissa K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratobasidium; Mycorrhiza; Orchidaceae; Rhizoctonia; Ribosomal ITS sequence; Thanatephorus; Tomentella; Tulasnella

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; SPACER DNA;

DNA; FUNGUS; HERB; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CERATOBASIDIUM; CERATORHIZA; EPULORHIZA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; ORCHIDACEAE; RHIZOCTONIA; SISTOTREMA; THANATEPHORUS; THELEPHORA; TOMENTELLA; TULASNELLA; TULASNELLACEAE;

EID: 38949103378     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02320.x     Document Type: Article

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