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Metabarcoding of insect-associated fungal communities: a comparison of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large-subunit (LSU) rRNA markers.

MycoKeys

March 2022

Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Natural History Museum London United Kingdom.

Full taxonomic characterisation of fungal communities is necessary for establishing ecological associations and early detection of pathogens and invasive species. Complex communities of fungi are regularly characterised by metabarcoding using the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) and the Large-Subunit (LSU) gene of the rRNA locus, but reliance on a single short sequence fragment limits the confidence of identification. Here we link metabarcoding from the ITS2 and LSU D1-D2 regions to characterise fungal communities associated with bark beetles (Scolytinae), the likely vectors of several tree pathogens.

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An illustrated key to the species of the genus (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Primnoidae).

Zookeys

February 2019

School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK University of Essex Colchester United Kingdom.

A history of the description of the 50 valid species of is given, beginning with the first species described in 1860. To help differentiate the various species, a tabular and a polychotomous key are provided. The species in the keys are arranged using nine characters or character sets that are believed to be of value at the species level.

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