Quantification of mcrA by quantitative fluorescent PCR in sediments from methane seep of the Nankai Trough

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-157

  Nunoura, Takuro ^a   Oida, Hanako ^a   Toki, Tomohiro ^b   Ashi, Juichiro ^b   Takai, Ken ^a   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaeorobic methanotroph; Anaerobic oxidation of methane; mcrA; Methane seep; Quantitative fluorescent PCR

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

GENE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FLUORESCENCE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; FLUORESCENT DYES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33745044981     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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