A highly diverse fungal community associated with leaves of the mangrove plant Acanthus ilicifolius var. xiamenensis revealed by isolation and metabarcoding analyses

A high diversity of culturable foliar endophytic fungi is known from various mangrove plants, and the core taxa include species from Colletotrichum, Pestalotiopsis, Phoma, Phomopsis, Sporomiella, among others. Since a small fraction of fungi is able to grow in culture, this study investigated the di...

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Main Authors: Wei-Chiung Chi, Weiling Chen, Chih-Chiao He, Sheng-Yu Guo, Hyo-Jung Cha, Ling Ming Tsang, Tsz Wai Ho, Ka-Lai Pang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7293.pdf