The rpb2 gene represents a viable alternative molecular marker for the analysis of environmental fungal communities

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 388-401

  Větrovský, Tomáš ^a   Kolařík, Miroslav ^a   Žifčáková, Lucia ^a   Zelenka, Tomáš ^a   Baldrian, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Community composition; Diversity; Fungi; Internal transcribed spacer; Phylogeny; RNA polymerase II

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOREST; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPRUCE;

BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FORESTS; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PICEA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84956576525     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12456     Document Type: Article

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