Novel chytrid lineages dominate fungal sequences in diverse marine and freshwater habitats

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Comeau, André M ^a,c   Vincent, Warwick F ^b   Bernier, Louis ^a   Lovejoy, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

ARCTIC; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ICE COVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; FUNGI; ICE COVER; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER;

EID: 84979582449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep30120     Document Type: Article

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