Molecular quantification of sulfate-reducing microorganisms (carrying dsrAB genes) by competitive PCR in estuarine sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Leloup, Julie ^a   Quillet, Laurent ^a   Oger, Cécile ^a   Boust, Dominique ^b   Petit, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Competitive polymerase chain reaction; Dissimilatory sulfite reductase gene (dsrAB); Estuarine sediment; Molecular quantification; Sulfate reducing microorganism

Indexed keywords

DNA; SULFATE;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DSRAB GENE; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS;

EID: 0842265917     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00262-9     Document Type: Article

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