The particulate methane monooxygenase gene pmoA and its use as a functional gene probe for methanotrophs

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-210

  McDonald, Ian R ^a   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methane monooxygenase gene; Methanotroph; Phylogenetic marker

Indexed keywords

METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA PROBES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; METALLOPROTEINS; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCYSTACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031573009     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00425-4     Document Type: Article

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