These authors contributed equally to the work.
Disclosing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biodiversity in soil through a land-use gradient using a pyrosequencing approach
Article first published online: 17 NOV 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02099.x
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Environmental Microbiology
Special Issue: Symbiosis. Editors: Professors Paola Bonfante, Karen Visick, and Moriya Ohkuma
Volume 12, Issue 8, pages 2165–2179, August 2010
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Lumini, E., Orgiazzi, A., Borriello, R., Bonfante, P. and Bianciotto, V. (2010), Disclosing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biodiversity in soil through a land-use gradient using a pyrosequencing approach. Environmental Microbiology, 12: 2165–2179. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02099.x
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These authors contributed equally to the work.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 4 AUG 2010
- Article first published online: 17 NOV 2009
- Received 19 May, 2009; accepted 29 September, 2009.
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