Patterns of fungal diversity and composition along a salinity gradient

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-388

  Mohamed, Devon J ^a,b   Martiny, Jennifer B H ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community composition; estuary; fungi; ribosomal RNA; salinity

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; MARSH; PHYLOGENETICS; RESOLUTION; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; RHODE ISLAND; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SALINITY; WETLANDS;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 79951809934     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.137     Document Type: Article

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