Fig. 1

Primer pairs covering the different variable regions of the fungal 18S rRNA gene sequence. The fungal 18S rRNA gene sequence possess eight different variable regions, V1-V9 (V6 does not exist), colored differently. The barchart indicates the number of tested primer pairs covering a variable region with their amplicon. Amplicons produced by the seven top primer pairs as arrow lines. Primer names beside the arrow lines