Endophytic fungal diversity: Review of traditional and molecular techniques

Mycology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-76

  Sun, Xiang ^a   Guo, Liang Dong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Community composition; Cultivation dependent method; DNA barcode; Endophytic fungi; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84865705972     PISSN: 21501203     EISSN: 21501211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2012.656724     Document Type: Article

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