High diversity of root associated fungi in both alpine and arctic Dryas octopetala

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bjorbækmo, Marit F M ^a   Carlsen, Tor ^a   Brysting, Anne ^a   Vrålstad, Trude ^a   Høiland, Klaus ^a   Ugland, Karl I ^a   Geml, Jozsef ^b   Schumacher, Trond ^a   Kauserud, Håvard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOCOCCUM; CORTINARIUS; DRYAS OCTOPETALA; FUNGI; HEBELOMA; INOCYBE; OTUS; TOMENTELLA;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NORWAY; PLANT ROOT; ROSACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; NORWAY; PLANT ROOTS; ROSACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SVALBARD;

EID: 78649667647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-244     Document Type: Article

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