Abstract:
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Within this workshop we will be introduced to the identification of fungi. Currently it is
standard practice that fungi are identified based on morphology. The culture, but
especially the asexual and sexual spore-baring structures are important for identification.
If such structures are lacking in the fungus you want to identify, it will be almost
impossible to correctly identify it to the species level. Molecular identification is often
necessary. In this workingshop we will demonstrate how a fungus can be identified
based on sequences of the ITS region. This workshop will focus on freely available online
tools, which will enable all labs able to sequence, to identify their isolates to the
species level |