Nested PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis approach to determine the diversity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in complex microbial communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2325-2330

  Dar, Shabir A ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; GELS; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

NESTED PCR-DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE); PRIMERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA (SRB);

ELECTROPHORESIS;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOREACTOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOREACTOR; DESULFOVIBRIO; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOREACTORS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTERIUM; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOCOCCUS; DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFONEMA; DESULFOSARCINA; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 18444372956     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2325-2330.2005     Document Type: Article

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