articleNew PhytologistMar 16, 2005BRONZE OA

UNITE: a database providing web‐based methods for the molecular identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi

UKUrmas KõljalgKLKarl‐Henrik LarssonKAKessy AbarenkovRHR. Henrik NilssonIJIan J. Alexander

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Abstract

Identification of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi is often achieved through comparisons of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences with accessioned sequences deposited in public databases. A major problem encountered is that annotation of the sequences in these databases is not always complete or trustworthy. In order to overcome this deficiency, we report on UNITE, an open-access database. UNITE comprises well annotated fungal ITS sequences from well defined herbarium specimens that include full herbarium reference identification data, collector/source and ecological data. At present UNITE contains 758 ITS sequences from 455 species and 67 genera of ECM fungi. UNITE can be searched by taxon…

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  • Herbarium
  • Identification (biology)
  • Internal transcribed spacer
  • Phylogenetic tree
  • Annotation
  • Taxon
  • Database
  • Ribosomal DNA
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