Detection in soil of aerobic hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria related to Alcaligenes eutrophus by PCR and hybridization assays targeting the gene of the membrane-bound (NiFe) hydrogenase

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-206

  Lechner, Sabine ^b   Conrad, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes eutrophus; hydridization; hydrogenase; Knallgas bacteria; PCR; rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031105435     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(96)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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