Identification of novel bacterial lineages as active members of microbial populations in a freshwater sediment using a rapid RNA extraction procedure and RT-PCR

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1977-1987

  Miskin, Ian P ^a   Farrimond, Paul ^a   Head, Ian M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate division OP5; Freshwater sediment; Novel lineages; rRNA mRNA; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; FRESH WATER; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

PIRELLULA STALEYI;

EID: 0032846469     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-1977     Document Type: Article

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