PriMicro Database

For classification, identification and molecular phylogenetic analyses of microbes

Primer Detail

Primer name
EF6–20F
Gene name
translation elongation factor 1 alpha (tef1)
Primer sequence (5'-3')
AAGAACATGATCACTGGTACCT
Direction
F
Category
specific primer
Target
fungi
Paired primer
EF6–1000R
Reference
Taerum SJ, Cafaro MJ, Little AEF, et al. (2007) Low host-pathogen specificity in the leaf-cutting ant-microbe symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274: 1971–1978.
Literature
Montoya QV, Martiarena MJS, Rodrigues A (2023) Taxonomy and systematics of the fungus-growing ant associate Escovopsis (Hypocreaceae). Studies in Mycology 106: 349–397.