Quantitative selective PCR of 16S ribosomal DNA correlates well with selective agar plating in describing population dynamics of indigenous Pseudomonas spp. in soil hot spots

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1786-1788

  Johnsen, Kaare ^a,b   Enger, Øivind ^b   Jacobsen, Carsten S ^a   Thirup, Laila ^a   Torsvik, Vigdis ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032914443     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1786-1788.1999     Document Type: Article

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