Table 4.
Direct comparison between culture-dependent and culture-independent methods from 5 publications.
| Source | Culture-Dependent Method | Culture-Independent Method | Reference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Isolates | Phyla | Name | No. of Genera (Isolate) | % Occurrence | No. of OTUs | Phyla | Name | % of Occurrence | ||
| Endophyte of aquatic plants | 1689 | 3 | Ascomycota | 123 (1584) | 93.8% | 1074 | 6 | Ascomycota | 43.48% | [68] |
| Basidiomycota | 29 (92) | 5.4% | Basidiomycota | 15.36% | ||||||
| Zygomycota | 2 (13) | 0.8% | Zygomycota | 1.49% | ||||||
| Chytridiomycota | 1.21% | |||||||||
| Glomeromycota | 0.02% | |||||||||
| Rozellomycota | 0.01% | |||||||||
| Unknown fungi | 38.17% | |||||||||
| Endophytes of Elymus repens | 66 | 1 | Ascomycota | 9 (27) | 40.9% | 48 | 4 | Ascomycota | 90% | [69] |
| Unidentified fungi | Unknown (39) | 59.1% | Basidiomycota | 2% | ||||||
| Glomeromycota | 2% | |||||||||
| Mortierellomycota | 2% | |||||||||
| Unknown fungi | 4% | |||||||||
| Endophytes of Vitis vinifera | 94 | 1 | Ascomycota | 19 (94) | 100% | 59 | 3 | Ascomycota | 93.6% | [70] |
| Basidiomycota | 4.2% | |||||||||
| Zygomycota | 2.1% | |||||||||
| Endophytes of Acanthus ilicifolius | 203 | 2 | Ascomycota | 30 (200) | 97.04% | 111 | 2 | Ascomycota | 65.09% | [14] |
| Basidiomycota | 2 (3) | 2.96% | Basidiomycota | 38.87% | ||||||
| Unknown fungal taxa | 4.05% | |||||||||
| Deep-sea sediment | 19 | 2 | Ascomycota | 11 (14) | 73.7% | 42 | 2 | Ascomycota | 59.5% | [71] |
| Basidiomycota | 2 (5) | 26.3 | Basidiomycota | 40.5% | ||||||