Soil fungal community composition at Mars Oasis, a southern maritime Antarctic site, assessed by PCR amplification and cloning

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-74

  Bridge, Paul D ^a   Newsham, Kevin K ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Black yeasts; Chytrids; Helotiales; Soil moisture; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIA; CHAETOTHYRIALES; CHYTRIDIALES; CLADOPHIALOPHORA; FUNGI; HELOTIALES; OMPHALINA; RHINOCLADIELLA; SEBACINALES; TETRACLADIUM; VERRUCARIALES;

EID: 61849171836     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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