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Extraction of DNA from lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi: a low-cost fast protocol using Chelex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

Zuzana Ferencova ,
Víctor J. Rico  and
David L. Hawksworth
Zuzana Ferencova
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, Madrid 28040, Spain. Email: zferenc@farm.ucm.es
Víctor J. Rico
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, Madrid 28040, Spain. Email: zferenc@farm.ucm.es
David L. Hawksworth
Affiliation:
Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK; also Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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The Lichenologist , Volume 49 , Issue 5 , September 2017 , pp. 521 - 525
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© British Lichen Society, 2017 

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