Comparison and validation of some ITS primer pairs useful for fungal metabarcoding studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Op De Beeck, Michiel ^a   Lievens, Bart ^b   Busschaert, Pieter ^b   Declerck, Stéphan ^c   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^a   Colpaert, Jan V ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 3; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 4; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGAL METABARCODING; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GLOMEROMYCOTA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZYGOMYCETES; BELGIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BELGIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84903128093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097629     Document Type: Article

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