Identification of major subgroups of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in environmental samples by T-RFLP analysis of amoA PCR products

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-204

  Horz, Hans Peter ^a   Rotthauwe, Jan Henrich ^a   Lukow, Thomas ^a   Liesack, Werner ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizers; amoA; Comparative sequence analysis; Molecular fingerprinting; T RFLP analysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TECHNIQUE; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMMONIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMOA; HALOPHILA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS EUTROPHA; NITROSOMONAS HALOPHILA; NITROSOSPIRA; OTUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0033988391     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00119-0     Document Type: Article

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