Evidence that chytrids dominate fungal communities in high-elevation soils

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 18315-18320

  Freeman, K R ^a   Martin, A P ^a   Karki, D ^b   Lynch, R C ^a   Mitter, M S ^a   Meyera, A F ^a   Longcore, J E ^c   Simmons, D R ^c   Schmidt, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine ecology; Glacial retreat; Nival zone; Psychrophiles

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SNOW; WATER;

ALPINE TUNDRA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLONE; DECOMPOSITION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LAND BIOME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPH; PHOTOTROPHY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL QUALITY; UNITED STATES; WATER ABSORPTION;

ALTITUDE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 70849121282     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907303106     Document Type: Article

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