Quantitative analysis of ammonia oxidising bacteria using competitive PCR

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-175

  Phillips, Carol J ^a,b   Paul, Eldor A ^b   Prosser, James I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidiser; Competitive PCR; Most probable number; Nitrification; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CALIBRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACTION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

EID: 0034016511     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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