Suitability of quantitative real-time PCR to estimate the biomass of fungal root endophytes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5764-5772

  Tellenbach, Christoph ^a   Grünig, Christoph R ^a   Sieber, Thomas N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CALIBRATION CURVES; CELL VOLUME; DRY WEIGHT; FINE ROOTS; FUNGAL BIOMASS; LIQUID CULTURE; MEAN DIAMETER; NORWAY SPRUCE; PREDICTION INTERVAL; QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; STRAIN-DEPENDENT;

ASSAYS; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; DNA; FORECASTING; FUNGI; GENES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FUNGAL DNA;

BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DNA; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; ROOT SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYCELIUM; MYCOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRUCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY; MYCELIUM; MYCOLOGY; PICEA; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACEPHALA APPLANATA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77956575459     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00907-10     Document Type: Article

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