Solving the ecological puzzle of mycorrhizal associations using data from annotated collections and environmental samples – an example of saddle fungi
Hwang J, Zhao Q, Yang ZL, Wang Z, Townsend JP. Solving the ecological puzzle of mycorrhizal associations using data from annotated collections and environmental samples – an example of saddle fungi. Environmental Microbiology Reports 2015, 7: 658-667. PMID: 26033481, DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPotential plant hostsEnvironmental sequencesDiversity of ecologyEctomycorrhizal fungiEcological roleGenetic divergenceGeographic distributionUnculturable fungiPhylogenetic informativenessPlant hostsEcologyITS phylogenyITS sequencesRoot tipsEnvironmental samplesSpeciesMetagenomic investigationSequence alignmentHost typeHelvellaDiversityFungiDiversity of relationshipsSequenceSoil