Numerous adverse reactions have arisen following the use of inaccurately identified
medicinal plant ingredients, resulting in conditions such as aristolochic acid nephropathy …

The information that can be obtained from the secondary structure of the nuclear ribosomal
internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) is substantial, and yet many studies exploit this …

The nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region is the primary choice for
molecular identification of fungi. Its two highly variable spacers (ITS 1 and ITS 2) are usually …

Background The plant working group of the Consortium for the Barcode of Life
recommended the two-locus combination of rbcL+ matK as the plant barcode, yet the …

Background The internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA is
regarded as one of the candidate DNA barcodes because it possesses a number of …

The internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) is a well-established marker for phylogenetic
analyses in eukaryotes. A reliable resource for reference sequences and their secondary …

Background Meta-barcoding of mixed pollen samples constitutes a suitable alternative to
conventional pollen identification via light microscopy. Current approaches however have …

AIM OF THE STUDY: To test whether the ITS2 region is an effective marker for use in
authenticating of the family Fabaceae which contains many important medicinal plants …

The identification of pollen plays an important role in ecology, palaeo‐climatology, honey
quality control and other areas. Currently, expert knowledge and reference collections are …

The advent of new high-throughput DNA-sequencing technologies promises to redefine the
way in which fungi and fungal communities–as well as other groups of organisms–are …