RNA stable isotope probing, a novel means of linking microbial community function to phylogeny

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5367-5373

  Manefield, Mike ^a   Whiteley, Andrew S ^a   Griffiths, Robert I ^a   Bailey, Mark J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ISOTOPES; PHENOLS; RNA;

PHYLOGENY;

MICROORGANISMS;

PHENOL;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; THAUERA;

NEGIBACTERIA; THAUERA;

EID: 0036840287     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5367-5373.2002     Document Type: Article

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