Comparison of commonly used primer sets for evaluating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: Is there a universal solution?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 482-493

  Kohout, Petr ^a,b   Sudová, Radka ^a   Janoušková, Martina ^a   Čtvrtlíková, Martina ^a,c   Hejda, Martin ^a   Pánková, Hana ^a   Slavíková, Renata ^a   Štajerová, Kateřina ^a,d   Vosátka, Miroslav ^a   Sýkorová, Zuzana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

454 Sequencing; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Diversity; Glomeromycota; Primers; RRNA

Indexed keywords

454-SEQUENCING; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; DIVERSITY; GLOMEROMYCOTA; PRIMERS; RRNA;

AIRPORT RUNWAYS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

FUNGI;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSITY INDEX; FUNGUS; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 84887387600     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.08.027     Document Type: Article

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