Finding the missing link between diversity and activity using denitrifying bacteria as a model functional community

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-239

  Philippot, Laurent ^a   Hallin, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRITE REDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 20444448894     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.04.003     Document Type: Review

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