Application of the 5′ Fluorogenic Exonuclease Assay (TaqMan) for Quantitative Ribosomal DNA and rRNA Analysis in Sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2781-2789

  Stults, Jennie R ^a   Snoeyenbos West, Oona ^b   Methe, Barbara ^b   Lovley, Derek R ^b   Chandler, Darrell P ^b,c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Mail Stop P7 50 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 0035379677     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2781-2789.2001     Document Type: Article

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