Thermophilic bacterial communities in hot composts as revealed by most probable number counts and molecular (16S rDNA) methods

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-149

  Blanc, Michel ^a,b   Marilley, Laurent ^a   Beffa, Trello ^a   Aragno, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Research and Development Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA clone library; Compost; Thermophilic Bacillus; Thermophilic bacteria; Thermus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPOST; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSTING; DNA LIBRARY; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACILLUS; HYDROGENOBACTER; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032966128     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00099-3     Document Type: Article

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