Design of PCR Primers and Gene Probes for General Detection of Alkane-Degrading Bacteria

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 114-121

  Kohno, Tetsuro ^a   Sugimoto, Yoshiro ^a   Sei, Kazunari ^a   Mori, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

alkane hydroxylase; bioremediation; microbial monitoring; n alkane; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038384754     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.17.114     Document Type: Article

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