Novel and highly diverse fungal endophytes in soybean revealed by the consortium of two different techniques

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-69

  de Souza Leite, Tiago ^a   Cnossen Fassoni, Andréia ^a   Pereira, Olinto Liparini ^b   Mizubuti, Eduardo Seiti Gomide ^b   de Araújo, Elza Fernandes ^a   de Queiroz, Marisa Vieira ^a  

^a Laboratory of Microorganism Molecular Genetics   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

basidiomycota; culturing fragment plating rDNA ITS; diversity; extinction

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; SOYBEAN;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84874555741     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-013-2356-x     Document Type: Article

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