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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Choma M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5180174 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20161223
The Archaeorhizomycetes are recently discovered fungi with poorly resolved ecology. Even their abundance in soil fungal communities is currently disputed. Here we applied a PCR-independent, RNA-based metatranscriptomic approach to determine their abundance among fungi in eleven different soils across Europe. Using small subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA transcripts as marker, we detected Archaeorhizomycetes in 17 out of 28 soil metatranscriptomes. They had average relative SSU rRNA abundance of 2.0% w ...[more]