A highly selective PCR protocol for detecting 16S rRNA genes of the genus Pseudomonas (sensu stricto) in environmental samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2545-2553

  Widmer, Franco ^a,d   Seidler, Ramon J ^a,c   Gillevet, Patrick M ^b   Watrud, Lidia S ^a   Di Giovanni, George D ^a,e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Amer Water Wk Serv Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA GENE; SOIL MICROFLORA; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031813913     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2545-2553.1998     Document Type: Article

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