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A 5.8S nuclear ribosomal RNA gene sequence database: applications to ecology and evolution
Author(s) -
CULLINGS KENNETH W.,
VOGLER DETLEV R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00409.x
Subject(s) - biology , genbank , ribosomal rna , organism , gene , sequence (biology) , ectomycorrhizae , sequence database , nuclear gene , evolutionary biology , database , computational biology , genetics , genome , symbiosis , bacteria , computer science , mycorrhiza
We compiled a 5.8S nuclear ribosomal gene sequence database for animals, plants, and fungi using both newly generated and GenBank sequences. We demonstrate the utility of this database as an internal check to determine whether the target organism and not a contaminant has been sequenced, as a diagnostic tool for ecologists and evolutionary biologists to determine the placement of asexual fungi within larger taxonomic groups, and as a tool to help identify fungi that form ectomycorrhizae.