Utilizing ITS1 and ITS2 to study environmental fungal diversity using pyrosequencing

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-175

  Monard, Cécile ^a   Gantner, Stephan ^a,b,c   Stenlid, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Community structure; Minimum read length; S rensen index; Species richness

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; OTUS;

EID: 84874702208     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12046     Document Type: Article

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