Utilisation of carbon substrates by multiple genotypes of ericoid mycorrhizal fungal endophytes from eastern Australian Ericaceae

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-251

  Midgley, David J ^a   Chambers, Susan M ^a   Cairney, John W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epacrids; Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi; Leucopogon parviflorus; Saprotrophic growth; Woollsia pungens

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; MYCORRHIZA; SAPROTROPHY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; AUSTRALIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ERICACEAE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA;

ASCOMYCOTA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ERICACEAE; GENOTYPE; MYCORRHIZAE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ASCOMYCOTA; ERICACEAE; FUNGI; HELOTIALES; LEUCOPOGON; LEUCOPOGON PARVIFLORUS; TRIXIS; WOOLLSIA PUNGENS;

EID: 4544291988     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-003-0262-5     Document Type: Article

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