Revisiting ectomycorrhizal fungi of the genus Alnus: Differential host specificity, diversity and determinants of the fungal community

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 727-735

  Tedersoo, Leho ^a,b   Suvi, Triin ^a   Jairus, Teele ^a,b   Ostonen, Ivika ^a   Põlme, Sergei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b University of Tartu Natural History Museum   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Alnus glutinosa (black alder); Alnus incana (grey alder); DNA barcoding; Ectomycorrhizal fungal community structure; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALDER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TREE;

ALNUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; TREES;

ALNICOLA; ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ALNUS INCANA; AMYLASCUS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; BETULA; BETULACEAE; FUNGI; GENEA; GEOPYXIS; HELVELLA; HUMARIA; INOCYBE; PACHYPHLOEUS; PEZIZA MICHELII; PEZIZA SUCCOSA; PEZIZALES; PSEUDOTOMENTELLA; TARZETTA; TOMENTELLA; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 65249109730     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02792.x     Document Type: Article

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