PCR-mediated detection of acidophilic, bioleaching-associated bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2944-2948

  De Wulf Durand, Pascale ^a,b   Bryant, Lalette J ^a   Sly, Lindsay I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DNA DETERMINATION; LEACHING; MINING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RNA SEQUENCE; THIOBACILLUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030825250     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2944-2948.1997     Document Type: Article

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