Simultaneous detection and quantification of the unculturable microbe Candidatus Glomeribacter gigasporarum inside its fungal host Gigaspora margarita

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 248-257

  Salvioli, Alessandra ^a   Lumini, Erica ^a   Anca, Iulia A ^a   Bianciotto, Valeria ^b   Bonfante, Paola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi; Candidatus Glomeribacter gigasporarum; Endobacteria; Gigaspora margarita; Microbial detection and quantification; Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR); Single copy genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FUNGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; EVALUATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCELIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; FUNGI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MYCELIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS GLOMERIBACTER GIGASPORARUM; ENDOBACTERIA; FUNGI; GIGASPORA MARGARITA;

EID: 51249122432     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02541.x     Document Type: Article

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