Identification and environmental detection of Rhodococcus species by 16S rDNA-targeted PCR

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 472-480

  Bell, K S ^a   Kuyukina, M S ^c   Heidbrink, S ^d   Philp, J C ^b   Aw, D W J ^b   Ivshina, I B ^c   Christofi, N ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

16S RDNA; CATALYSE; DIRECT-DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HUMIC COMPOUNDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES SPECIFICS; SPECIFIC SEQUENCES;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CROSS REACTION; CYTOLYSIS; DNA PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROPOLIS; NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS GLOBERULUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER;

EID: 0032747877     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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