Sensitive detection of a novel class of toluene-degrading denitrifiers, Azoarcus tolulyticus, with small-subunit rRNA primers and probes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2384-2390

  Zhou, Jizhong ^a,b   Palumbo, Anthony V ^b   Tiedje, James M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AZOARCUS TOLULYTICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030990839     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2384-2390.1997     Document Type: Article

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