Ion Torrent PGM as tool for fungal community analysis: A case study of endophytes in eucalyptus grandis reveals high taxonomic diversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Kemler, Martin ^a   Garnas, Jeff ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Gryzenhout, Marieka ^b   Pillay, Kerry Anne ^a   Slippers, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; DOTHIDIOMYCETES; ENDOPHYTE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; SEMICONDUCTOR; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDOPHYTES; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84892984482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081718     Document Type: Article

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