Testing of primers for the study of cyanobacterial molecular diversity by DGGE

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 542-550

  Boutte, C ^a   Grubisic, S ^a   Balthasart, P ^a   Wilmotte, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Cyanobacteria; Denaturating gradient gel electrophoresis; Molecular diversity

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33646368696     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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