Ancestral Lineages of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (Glomales)

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 276 - 284
• Main Authors: Redecker, Dirk, Morton, Joseph B., Bruns, Thomas D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2000
• Subjects: Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific - genetics; Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific - metabolism; DNA, Fungal - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Fungi - classification; Fungi - physiology; Genetic Variation; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Restriction Mapping; RNA, Fungal - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics

Using new and existing 18S rRNA sequence data, we show that at least five species of glomalean fungi lie outside the previously defined families and diverged very early in the evolution of that group. These five fungi would have been missed by many previous ecological studies because their sequences...