Detection by polmerase chain reaction-amplification and sequencing of an archaeon in a commercial-scale copper bioleaching plant

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 183-187

  Vásquez, Mónica ^a   Moore, Edward R B ^b   Espejo, Romilio T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Archaea; Bioleaching

Indexed keywords

COPPER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEACHING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033000628     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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