Effects of cloning and root-tip size on observations of fungal ITS sequences from Picea glauca roots

Mycologia

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-165

  Lindner, Daniel L ^a   Banik, Mark T ^a  

^a Center for Forest Mycology Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Endophyte; Environmental samples; Mycorrhiza; Species identification

Indexed keywords

CLONE; FUNGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT;

FUNGI; PICEA GLAUCA;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MERISTEM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPRUCE; STANDARD;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; GENE LIBRARY; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICEA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 64049108972     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/08-034     Document Type: Article

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