Fungal composition of lichen thalli assessed by single strand conformation polymorphism

Lichenologist

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-473

  Muggia, Lucia ^a,b   Grube, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

diversity; ITS; lichenicolous fungi; SSCP; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CYSTOCOLEUS EBENEUS; FUNGI; RACODIUM;

EID: 77957231366     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282909990752     Document Type: Article

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