Critical factors influencing the recovery and integrity of rRNA extracted from environmental samples: Use of an optimized protocol to measure depth-related biomass distribution in freshwater sediments

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-162

  Alm, Elizabeth Wheeler ^a   Stahl, David A ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane hybridizations; Oligonucleotide probes; RNA electrophoresis; RNA extraction

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; BUFFERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; GUANIDINES; MERCAPTOETHANOL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEAWATER; THIOCYANATES;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0033953222     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00120-2     Document Type: Article

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