Development of PCR primer systems for amplification of nitrite reductase genes (nirK and nirS) to detect denitrifying bacteria in environmental samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3769-3775

  Braker, Gesche ^a,c   Fesefeldt, Andreas ^b   Witzel, Karl Paul ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031687820     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3769-3775.1998     Document Type: Article

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