Enumeration of total bacteria and bacteria with genes for proteolytic activity in pure cultures and in environmental samples by quantitative PCR mediated amplification

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-245

  Bach, H J ^a   Tomanova, J ^a   Schloter, M ^a   Munch, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA copy number; Peptidase genes; Soil bacteria; SybrGreen PCR; TaqMan PCR; Total counts of bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA 16S; PEPTIDASE; RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; SYBR GREEN II; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RRNA OPERON; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TAQ POLYMERASE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0036008787     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(01)00370-0     Document Type: Article

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