Molecular microbial biodiversity assessment: A biological indicator of soil health

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-151

  Alkorta, Itziar ^a   Amezaga, Ibone ^b   Albizu, Isabel ^b   Aizpurua, Ana ^b   Onaindia, Miren ^c   Buchner, Virginia ^d   Garbisu, Carlos ^b  

^a CSIC UPV Unidad de Biofisica UBF   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Ecosystem health; Molecular techniques; Soil quality; Structural biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; ENZYME; LIPID; RIBOSOME RNA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSENSOR; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141894218     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2003.18.2.131     Document Type: Review

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