Distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a stratified Fjord (Mariager Fjord, Denmark) as evaluated by most-probable-number counts and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified ribosomal DNA fragments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1405-1415

  Teske, Andreas ^a,b   Wawer, Cathrin ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^a   Ramsing, Niels B ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENMARK; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENMARK; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVALUATION STUDIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; NUMBER COUNTS; STRATIFICATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

DENMARK, MARIAGER FJORD;

EID: 0029667164     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1405-1415.1996     Document Type: Article

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