Combined Use of 16S Ribosomal DNA and 16S rRNA to Study the Bacterial Community of Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Polluted Soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1874-1884

  Nogales, Balbina ^a,b   Moore, Edward R B ^a   Llobet Brossa, Enrique ^c   Rossello Mora, Ramon ^c,d   Amann, Rudolf ^c   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035321749     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1874-1884.2001     Document Type: Article

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