Explorative screening of complex microbial communities by real-time 16S rDNA restriction fragment melting curve analyses

BioTechniques

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-121

  Rudi, Knut ^a   Skånseng, Beate ^a   Drømtorp, Signe Marie ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT MELTING CURVE ANALYSES (RFMCA); RFMCA DETECTION;

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MICROORGANISMS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MELTING POINT; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 24944536368     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05391GT02     Document Type: Article

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