Development of oligonucleotide probes and PCR primers for detecting phylogenetic subgroups of sulfate-reducing bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1693-1705

  Daly, Kristian ^a   Sharp, Richard J ^b   McCarthy, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Landfill; Oligonucleotide probes; PCR primers; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; LANDFILL; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE;

DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTERIUM; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOCOCCUS; DESULFONEMA; DESULFOSARCINA; DESULFOTOMACULUM;

EID: 0033909552     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-7-1693     Document Type: Article

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