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Soils of a Mediterranean hot spot of biodiversity and endemism (Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Islands) are inhabited by pan-European, invasive species of Hypocrea/Trichoderma.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2009
Migheli Quirico, Balmas Virgilio, Komoñ-Zelazowska Monika, Scherm Barbara, Fiori Stefano, Kopchinskiy Alexey G, Kubicek Christian P, Druzhinina Irina S
Abstract excerpt
We have used a Mediterranean hot spot of biodiversity (the Island of Sardinia) to investigate the impact of abiotic factors on the distribution of species of the common soil fungus Trichoderma. To this end, we isolated 482 strains of Hypocrea/Trichoderma from 15 soils comprising undisturbed and disturbed environments (forest, shrub lands and undisturbed or extensively grazed grass steppes respectively). Isolates...
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