Abstract
The sensitivity of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (1,2), coupled to the specificity afforded by taxon-specific primers allows the analysis of a variety of samples, like minute amounts of cultured organisms (3, 4), or even endosymbionts like the endomycorrhizal fungi present in the roots of field collected plants (5–8).
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Simon, L. (1996). Specific PCR Primers for the Identification of Endomycorrhizal Fungi. In: Clapp, J.P. (eds) Species Diagnostics Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 50. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-323-6:187
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