The mcrA gene as an alternative to 16S rRNA in the phylogenetic analysis of methanogen populations in landfill

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3521-3530

  Luton, Philip E ^a   Wayne, Jonathan M ^a   Sharp, Richard J ^a   Riley, Paul W ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection; Identification; Methanogenic Archaea; Methyl coenzyme M reductase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESNA; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; METHANOBACTERIALES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIALES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036856362     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3521     Document Type: Review

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