A preliminary survey of lichen associated eukaryotes using pyrosequencing

Lichenologist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-146

  Bates, Scott T ^a   Berg Lyons, Donna ^a   Lauber, Christian L ^a   Walters, William A ^b   Knight, Rob ^a,c   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; bacteria; endolichenic lichenicolous fungi; invertebrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857305042     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000648     Document Type: Article

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