Molecular analyses of the methane-oxidizing microbial community in rice field soil by targeting the genes of the 16S rRNA, particulate methane monooxygenase, and methanol dehydrogenase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1980-1990

  Henckel, Thilo ^a   Friedrich, Michael ^a   Conrad, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; MARKER GENE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; WATER CONTENT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOBACTER; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOCOCCUS; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; METHYLOCYSTIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032925877     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.1980-1990.1999     Document Type: Article

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