Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) as a tool for identification of marine nematodes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 291, Issue , 2005, Pages 103-113

  Cook, A A ^a,b,f   Bhadury, P ^c   Debenham, N J ^a   Meldal, B H M ^a,d   Blaxter, M L ^e   Smerdon, G R ^c   Austen, M C ^c   Lambshead, P J D ^a   Rogers, A D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal DNA; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Marine nematodes

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; TAXONOMY;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 19944370479     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps291103     Document Type: Article

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