Influence of DNA extraction and PCR amplification on studies of soil fungal communities based on amplicon sequencing

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1062-1066

  Xu, Lihui ^a   Ravnskov, Sabine ^a   Larsen, John ^b   Nicolaisen, Mogens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DNA extraction; PCR; Pyrosequencing; Replication; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AMPLICON; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGI; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 83055163369     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w11-100     Document Type: Note

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