Assessing Frankia populations in plants and soil using molecular methods

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-227

  Hahn, Dittmar ^a,b   Nickel, Anja ^b   Dawson, Jeffrey ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; In situ hybridization; Polymerase chain reaction; Probe; Ribosomal DNA; Ribosomal RNA; Root nodule; Soil

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FRANKIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL;

CORIARIA; DATISCA; DRYAS; ELAEAGNUS; FRANKIA; FRANKIA ALNI;

EID: 0033006588     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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