bolleyi), 5/97-66 (M. phragmitis), respectively. B) and C) Second PCR steps using primers 5/97-16/ITS.F2 and 5/97-16/ITS.R2, and 5/97-54/ITS.F2 and 5/97-54/ITS.R2, respectively, and the products of the first PCR step as templates. (PPT 820 KB) Additional file 3: Utilization of carbon sources. This file documents relative growth of Microdochium isolates on 95 different carbon sources on BIOLOG SF-N2 microtiter plates. (PDF 64 KB) Additional file 4: Pair-wise analysis of spatial niche differentiation. This file includes
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