Biomarkers for in situ detection of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (Anammox) bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1677-1684

  Schmid, Markus C ^a   Maas, Bart ^b   Dapena, Ana ^c   Van De Pas Schoonen, Katinka ^b   Van De Vossenberg, Jack ^b   Kartal, Boran ^b   Van Niftrik, Laura ^a   Schmidt, Ingo ^b   Cirpus, Irina ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a   Wagner, Michael ^d   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^e   Kuypers, Marcel ^f   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^g   Mendez, Ramon ^c   Jetten, Mike S M ^a,b   Strous, Marc ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIPID METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 20244376481     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.4.1677-1684.2005     Document Type: Short Survey

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