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rDNA ITS based identification of Eukaryotes and their communication via DOIs
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Current theoretical paper: Kõljalg U, Nilsson HR, Schigel D, Tedersoo L, Larsson K-H, May TW, Taylor AFS, Jeppesen TS, Frøslev TG, Lindahl BD, Põldmaa K, Saar I, Suija A, Savchenko A, Yatsiuk I, Adojaan K, Ivanov F, Piirmann T, Pöhönen R, Zirk A, Abarenkov K. The Taxon Hypothesis Paradigm—On the Unambiguous Detection and Communication of Taxa. Microorganisms. 2020; 8(12):1910. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8121910

Current technical paper: Abarenkov K, Nilsson RH, Larsson K-H, Taylor AFS, May TW, Frøslev TG, Pawlowska J, Lindahl B, Põldmaa K, Truong C, Vu D, Hosoya T, Niskanen T, Piirmann T, Ivanov F, Zirk A, Peterson M, Cheeke TE, Ishigami Y, Jansson AT, Jeppesen TS, Kristiansson E, Mikryukov V, Miller JT, Oono R, Ossandon FJ, Paupério J, Saar I, Schigel D, Suija A, Tedersoo L, Kõljalg U. 2023. The UNITE database for molecular identification and taxonomic communication of fungi and other eukaryotes: sequences, taxa and classifications reconsidered. Nucleic Acids Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad1039

Previous articles:

Nilsson RH, Larsson K-H, Taylor AFS, Bengtsson-Palme J, Jeppesen TS, Schigel D, Kennedy P, Picard K, Glöckner FO, Tedersoo L, Saar I, Kõljalg U, Abarenkov K. 2018. The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications. Nucleic Acids Research, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky1022

Kõljalg U, Nilsson RH, Abarenkov K, Tedersoo L, Taylor AFS, Bahram M, Bates ST, Bruns TD, Bengtsson-Palme J, Callaghan TM, Douglas B, Drenkhan T, Eberhardt U, Dueñas M, Grebenc T, Griffith GW, Hartmann M, Kirk PM, Kohout P, Larsson E, Lindahl BD, Lücking R, Martín MP, Matheny PB, Nguyen NH, Niskanen T, Oja J, Peay KG, Peintner U, Peterson M, Põldmaa K, Saag L, Saar I, Schüßler A, Scott JA, Senés C, Smith ME, Suija A, Taylor DL, Telleria MT, Weiß M, Larsson K-H. 2013. Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of Fungi. Molecular Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/mec.12481

Abarenkov, Kessy; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Alexander, Ian J.; Eberhardt, Ursula; Erland, Susanne; Høiland, Klaus; Kjøller, Rasmus; Larsson, Ellen; Pennanen, Taina; Sen, Robin; Taylor, Andy F. S.; Tedersoo, Leho; Ursing, Björn M.; Vrålstad, Trude; Liimatainen, Kare; Peintner, Ursula; Kõljalg, Urmas (2010). The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi - recent updates and future perspectives. New Phytologist, 186(2), 281 - 285

Kõjalg U, Larsson K-H, Abarenkov K, Nilsson RH, Alexander IJ, Eberhardt U, Erland S, Høiland K, Kjøller R, Larsson E, Pennanen T, Sen R, Taylor AFS, Tedersoo L, Vrålstad T, Ursing BM. 2005. UNITE: a database providing web-based methods for the molecular identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist 166: 1063-1068

How should PlutoF be cited?

Abarenkov, Kessy; Tedersoo, Leho; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Vellak, Kai; Saar, Irja; Veldre, Vilmar; Parmasto, Erast; Prous, Marko; Aan, Anne; Ots, Margus; Kurina, Olavi; Ostonen, Ivika; Jõgeva, Janno; Halapuu, Siim; Põldmaa, Kadri; Toots, Märt; Truu, Jaak; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Kõljalg, Urmas (2010). PlutoF - a Web Based Workbench for Ecological and Taxonomic Research, with an Online Implementation for Fungal ITS Sequences. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 6, 189 - 196