Monitoring genetically modified rhizobia in field soils using the polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1025-1034

  Cullen, D W ^a,b   Nicholson, P S ^a   Mendum, T A ^a   Hirsch, P R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SOILS;

BACTERIAL INOCULANTS; CHROMOSOMAL INTEGRATION; CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHOD; E. COLI; FIELD SOIL; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; IN-FIELD; MARKER GENES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PRIMERS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MONITORING TECHNIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIA; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOIL MICROFLORA;

RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0031874481     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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