Diversity of the dsrAB (dissimilatory sulfite reductase) gene sequences retrieved from two contrasting mudflats of the Seine estuary, France

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-238

  Leloup, Julie ^a,b   Quillet, Laurent ^a   Berthe, Thierry ^a   Petit, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive PCR; dsrAB genes; Estuarine sediments; Phylogenetic analysis; Sulfate availability and salinity; Sulfate reducing microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUDFLAT; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOBACTERALES; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGENSULFITE REDUCTASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

DESULFOBACTERALES; DESULFOTOMACULUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33644959468     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2005.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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