Identification of the photobionts in Trapeliopsis and Pertusaria using SSUribosomal DNA sequences obtained from PCR amplification with a non-green-algal primer

Authors
Schmitt, I Lumbsch, HT
Citation
I. Schmitt et Ht. Lumbsch, Identification of the photobionts in Trapeliopsis and Pertusaria using SSUribosomal DNA sequences obtained from PCR amplification with a non-green-algal primer, MYCOTAXON, 78, 2001, pp. 407-411
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
MYCOTAXON
ISSN journal
00934666 → ACNP
Volume
78
Year of publication
2001
Pages
407 - 411
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-4666(200104/06)78:<407:IOTPIT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
It is reported that the non green-algal primer nu-SSU-0402-5 ' amplifies al gal DNA in the lichen species Pertusaria Iophocarpa, Trapeliopsis flexuosa and T. granulosa. The photobionts of these lichens are confirmed to belong to the genera Trebouxia and Chlorella, respectively.