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A comparison of fungal communities from four salt marsh plants using automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA)

Albert P. Torzilli Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030Correspondence[email protected]
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Masoumeh Sikaroodi Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia 20110
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David Chalkley American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, Virginia 20110-2209
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Patrick M. Gillevet Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia 20110
Pages 690-698 | Accepted 10 Apr 2006, Published online: 23 Jan 2017

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