Diversity of the lichenized fungi in King George Island, Antarctica, revealed by phylogenetic analysis of partial large subunit rDNA sequences

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1016-1023

  Lee, Jin Sung ^a   Lee, Hong Kum ^a   Hur, Jae Seoun ^b   Andreev, Mikhail ^c   Hong, Soon Gyu ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^c KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diversity; King George Island; Lichens; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

AGYRALES; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CATILLARIA CORYMBOSA; CELL LINEAGE; CLADONIA BOREALIS; CLADONIA CHLOROPHAEA; CLADONIA FURCATA; CLADONIA GRACILIS; CLADONIA PLEUROTA; CLADONIA PYXIDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIMANTORMIA LUGUBRIS; LECANORALES; LEPTOGIUM PUBERULUM; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERTUSARIA EXCLUDENS; PERTUSARIALES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSCIA CAESIA; PSEUDEPHEBE PUBESCENS; RHIZOPLACA ASPIDOPHORA; RINODINA OLIVACEOBRUNNEA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TELOSCHISTALES; UMBILICARIA ANTARATICA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; LICHENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CATILLARIA CORYMBOSA; CLADONIA; FUNGI; HIMANTORMIA LUGUBRIS; LECANORALES; LEPTOGIUM PUBERULUM; PERTUSARIA PERTUSA; PERTUSARIALES; PHYSCIA CAESIA; RHIZOPLACA; STEREOCAULON ALPINUM; TELOSCHISTINEAE; UMBILICARIA ANTARCTICA; USNEA AURANTIACOATRA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; GENES, FUNGAL; LICHENS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, EUKARYOTIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 53149141439     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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