Host plant genus-level diversity is the best predictor of ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity in a Chinese subtropical forest

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3403-3414

  Gao, Cheng ^a,b   Shi, Nan Nan ^a,b   Liu, Yue Xing ^a   Peay, Kabir G ^c   Zheng, Yong ^a   Ding, Qiong ^a   Mi, Xiang Cheng ^d   Ma, Ke Ping ^d   Wubet, Tesfaye ^e   Buscot, François ^e   Guo, Liang Dong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity; EM fungal community; EM plant diversity; ITS barcoding; subtropical forest

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; TREE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

FUNGI;

EID: 84879017135     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12297     Document Type: Article

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