Expression of nifH genes in natural microbial assemblages in Lake George, New York, detected by reverse transcriptase PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3119-3124

  Zani, Sabino ^b   Mellon, Mark T ^b   Collier, Jackie L ^b   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LAKE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0033916012     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.3119-3124.2000     Document Type: Article

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