Rapid specific detection and quantification of bacteria and archaea involved in mineral sulfide bioleaching using real-time PCR

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 330-336

  Liu, Chun Qiang ^a,b   Plumb, Jason ^a   Hendry, Philip ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Detection and quantification; Leaching bacteria and archaea; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; DNA; LEACHING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

16S RDNA; DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION; LEACHING BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA; REAL-TIME PCR;

BACTERIA;

DNA 16S; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

ACIDIANUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; MINERALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFIDES;

ACIDIANUS BRIERLEYI; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; SULFOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS; SULFOLOBUS SP.;

EID: 33744494021     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20845     Document Type: Article

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