Extensive Fungal Diversity in Plant Roots

作者：Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse, Sandra L. Baldauf, Corinne Leyval, Jean Straczek, J. Peter W. Young · 发表于：Science · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1126/science.295.5562.2051 · 被引用次数：474 · 研究领域：Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions、Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases、Plant and fungal interactions

Fungi play crucially important roles in the biosphere, mediating many ecological processes. Despite this, the fungal diversity in natural habitats is poorly known. Using newly designed fungal-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers ([1][1]), we examined total fungal diversity in a