Nonradioactive method to study genetic profiles of natural bacterial communities by PCR-single-strand-conformation polymorphism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3112-3120

  Lee, Dong Hun ^b   Zo, Young Gun ^b   Kim, Sang Jong ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; LAKE WATER; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029786831     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3112-3120.1996     Document Type: Article

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