Diversity and decomposing ability of saprophytic fungi from temperate forest litter

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-107

  Kubartová, Ariana ^a   Ranger, Jacques ^b   Berthelin, Jacques ^c   Beguiristain, Thierry ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^c Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; FAGUS; FUNGI; PICEA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 67649194502     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9458-8     Document Type: Article

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