Recovery of a Nitrosomonas-like 16S rDNA sequence group from freshwater habitats

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 321-330

  Speksnijder, Arjen G C L ^a   Kowalchuk, Georg A ^a   Roest, Kees ^a   Laanbroek, Hendrikus J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; DGGE; DNA isolation; Nitrosomonas ureae, nitrification; proteobacteria, PCR

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLYCERIA MAXIMA; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS UREAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031850585     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80040-4     Document Type: Article

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