A better understanding of functional roles of fungi in the decomposition process: Using precursor rRNA containing ITS regions as a marker for the active fungal community

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 659-662

  Purahong, Witoon ^a,b   Krüger, Dirk ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA;

FUNGI;

EID: 84866004889     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0210-7     Document Type: Article

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