Effective detection of indoor fungi by metabarcoding

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 495-498

  Korpelainen, Helena ^a   Pietiläinen, Maria ^a   Huotari, Tea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fungi; Indoor air quality; Metabarcoding; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957841670     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-015-1118-x     Document Type: Article

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