Identification of two fungal endophytes associated with the endangered orchid Orchis militaris L

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 630-636

  Vendramin, Elena ^a   Gastaldo, Andrea ^a   Tondello, Alessandra ^a   Baldan, Barbara ^a   Villani, Mariacristina ^a   Squartini, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endangered taxa; Euganean hills; Mycorrhizal symbionts; Orchis militaris

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDOPHYTE; FLOWERING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHIDACEAE; ORCHIS MILITARIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ORCHIS MILITARIS; TETRACLADIUM; TULASNELLACEAE;

EID: 77954271356     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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