ITS as an environmental DNA barcode for fungi: An in silico approach reveals potential PCR biases

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bellemain, Eva ^a   Carlsen, Tor ^a   Brochmann, Christian ^a   Coissac, Eric ^b   Taberlet, Pierre ^b   Kauserud, Håvard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1 F; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 3; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 4; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77954336858     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-189     Document Type: Article

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