A simple method for quantification of uncultured microorganisms in the environment based on in vitro transcription of 16S rRNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1028-1033

  Polz, Martin F ^a   Cavanaugh, Colleen M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIBRIO;

16S RRNA; MICROORGANISM; QUANTIFICATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030620178     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1028-1033.1997     Document Type: Article

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