Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria of the β subdivision of the class Proteobacteria in coastal sand dunes by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA fragments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1489-1497

  Kowalchuk, George A ^a   Stephen, John R ^a,b,c   De Boer, Wietse ^a   Prosser, Jim I ^b   Embley, T Martin ^c   Woldendorp, Jan W ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SAND; SEASHORE; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030901922     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1489-1497.1997     Document Type: Article

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