Geographic locality and host identity shape fungal endophyte communities in cupressaceous trees

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-344

  Hoffman, Michele T ^a   Arnold, A Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Biodiversity; Cupressaceae; Molecular phylogeny; Species richness; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; CUPRESSACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; ASCOMYCOTA; CUPRESSACEAE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; EUROTIOMYCETES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; PEZIZOMYCETES; PLATYCLADUS; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS; SORDARIOMYCETES;

EID: 40649095452     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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