UNITE: a database providing web-based methods for the molecular identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi.

By Urmas Kõljalg, Karl-Henrik Larsson, Kessy Abarenkov, R. Henrik Nilsson, I. Alexander, U. Eberhardt, S. Erland, K. Høiland, R. Kjøller, E. Larsson and 6 more. New Phytologist, 2005

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The rhizosphere zoo: An overview of plant-associated communities of microorganisms, including phages, bacteria, archaea, and fungi, and of some of their structuring factors (2009, methodology): “…amplification, DNA sequencing and comparison with sequences deposited in databases (NCBI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/; UNITE: http:// unite.zbi.ee; Koljalg et al. 2005), confirmed the mycorrhizal status of different fungi, such as several tomentelloid fungi, Clavulina and Ramaria species and…”
Intraspecific ITS Variability in the Kingdom Fungi as Expressed in the International Sequence Databases and Its Implications for Molecular Species Identification (2008, background): “…of fungi in various morphs and states of preservation—as well as its high level of synapomorphic variability in many groups of fungi—have given impetus to several ITS-based barcoding-type efforts for select groups of fungi (e.g. Druzhinina et al. 2005; Kopchinskiy et al. 2005; Kõljalg et al. 2005).”
Belowground interspecific competition in mixed boreal forests: fine root and ectomycorrhiza characteristics along stand developmental stage and soil fertility gradients (2010, positive): “Partial ITS sequences of good quality were manually checked and aligned using BioEdit Sequence Alignment Editor and identified by comparing them with sequences retrieved from the GenBank and UNITE databases (Kõljalg et al. 2005) using BLASTN algorithm.”
Finding needles in haystacks: linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi (2014, background): “ee/) had a similar functional focus on ectomycorrhizal ITS sequences (17).”
The online database MaarjAM reveals global and ecosystemic distribution patterns in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota). (2010, background): “In order to overcome these limitations, specialized curated databases are increasingly being compiled to provide high-quality sequences with complete and correct annotations, including a verified taxonomic identification (Kõljalg et al., 2005; Abarenkov et al., 2010).”
Ectomycorrhizal fungi: diversity and community srtucture in Estonia, Seychelles and Australia (2007, methodology): “To overcome this problem in EcM research, NordicBaltic initiative created the UNITE database (http://unite.ut.ee/) that includes only well-annotated and vouchered specimens identified by taxonomists (Kõljalg et al. 2005).”
A comparison of algorithms for the identification of specimens using DNA barcodes: examples from gymnosperms (2007, methodology): “…Niesters et al., 1993; Li et al., 1995; Poinar et al., 1998; Amato et al., 1999; Jackson et al., 1999; Fell et al., 2000; Hofreiter et al., 2000; Ko˜ljalg et al., 2000, 2005; Floyd et al., 2002; Vra˚lstad et al., 2002; Rosling et al., 2003; Tedersoo et al., 2003; De Ley et al., 2005;…”
Colletotrichum – current status and future directions (2012, background): “There is also evidence that ITS sequences alone can constitute useful barcode markers for some groups of the Basidiomycota ( e.g. Kõljalg et al .”
Endophytic fungal diversity: review of traditional and molecular techniques (2012, background): “…al. 2006), Tricholoma scalpturatum complex (Jargeat et al. 2010), lichenised fungi (Kelly et al. 2011), aquatic hyphomycete species (Seena et al. 2010), and ectomycorrhizal fungi in natural forest (Kõljalg et al. 2005; Tedersoo et al. 2008; Wang and Guo 2010; Hui et al. 2011; Wang et al. 2011a, b).”
Indirect host effect on ectomycorrhizal fungi: Leaf fall and litter quality explain changes in fungal communities on the roots of co-occurring Mediterranean oaks (2010, methodology): “…identification Ectomycorrhizal “operational taxonomic units” (OTUs) (Blaxter et al., 2005) were determined as follows: First, edited sequences were examined by BLAST searches against GenBank (http://www. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) and the UNITE database (http://unite.zbi.ee/; (Kõljalg et al., 2005)).”
Mycorrhizal fungi of native and introduced trees in the Seychelles Islands (2010, methodology): “Blastn and fasta3 searches were performed against International Nucleotide Sequence Databases (INSD) and UNITE (Kõljalg et al., 2005) to provide approximate identification of mycorrhizal fungi.”