PCR-mediated detection of the chemolithotrophic bacterium Thiobacillus cuprinus using 23S rDNA- and 16S/23S intergenic spacer region-targeted oligonucleotide primers

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 289-293

  Moreira, David ^a   Amils, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S 23S intergenic spacer region; 23S rDNA; Mixotrophic thiobacilli; Polymerase chain reaction; Specific detection; Thiobacillus cuprinus

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030248198     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00284-4     Document Type: Article

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