Use of polyclonal antibodies to detect and quantify the NOR protein of nitrite oxidizers in complex environments

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-95

  Maron, Pierre Alain ^a   Cœur, Caroline ^a   Pink, Claudia ^b   Clays Josserand, Annie ^a   Lensi, Robert ^a   Richaume, Agnès ^a   Potier, Patrick ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemifluorescence; Complex environments; Enzyme quantification; Immunological method; Nitrite oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER HAMBURGENSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENT; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; NITROBACTER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RABBITS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER HAMBURGENSIS;

EID: 0344642960     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00231-2     Document Type: Article

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