Article
Use of molecular markers to differentiate between commercial strains of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus.
FEMS microbiology letters - 20 Apr 2001
Ramírez L, Muez V, Alfonso M, García Barrenechea A, Alfonso L, Pisabarro A G
Abstract excerpt
Agaricus bisporus is an edible basidiomycete cultivated industrially for food production. Different spawn and mushroom producers use genetically related A. bisporus strains frequently marketed as different products. In this paper we show that the use of suitable molecular markers reveals the high...
Topics
- Agaricus
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Primers
- DNA Probes
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Oligonucleotides
- Polymerase Chain Reaction