Changes in the root-associated fungal communities along a primary succession gradient analysed by 454 pyrosequencing

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1897-1908

  Blaalid, Rakel ^a   Carlsen, Tor ^a   Kumar, Surendra ^a   Halvorsen, Rune ^a   Ugland, Karl Inne ^a   Fontana, Giovanni ^b   Kauserud, Håvard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Bistorta vivipara; community structure; ectomycorrhiza; primary succession; root associated fungi

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ICE COVER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NORWAY; PLANT ROOT; POLYGONACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; ICE COVER; MYCORRHIZAE; NORWAY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYGONACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; OTUS; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM;

EID: 84859574463     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05214.x     Document Type: Article

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