Community Analyses Uncover High Diversity of Lichenicolous Fungi in Alpine Habitats

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 348-360

  Fleischhacker, Antonia ^a   Grube, Martin ^a   Kopun, Theodora ^a   Hafellner, Josef ^a   Muggia, Lucia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; ITS; Parasite; Species diversity; SSCP; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

FUNGAL DNA;

CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; LICHENS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84937252714     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0579-6     Document Type: Article

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