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Molecular diversity and host specificity of termite-associated Xylaria.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2000
Guedegbe Herbert J, Miambi Edouard, Pando Anne, Houngnandan Pascal, Rouland-Lefevre Corinne
Abstract excerpt
Studies have revealed that some Xylaria species were closely associated with fungus-growing termite nests. However this relationship rarely had been investigated and the host specificity of termite-associated Xylaria was not yet clearly established. Eighteen Xylaria rDNA-ITS sequences were obtained from fungus combs belonging to 11 Macrotermitinae species from eight regions. Low diversity was found between...
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