A new method for the detection of alkane-monooxygenase homologous genes (alkB) in soils based on PCR-hybridization

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 486-496

  Kloos, Karin ^a   Munch, Jean Charles ^a   Schloter, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkane monooxygenase; alkB; Hydrocarbon biodegradation; MPN PCR; PCR hybridization

Indexed keywords

ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RUBREDOXIN;

ALCANIVORAX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRASSLAND; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCANIVORAX; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; NOCARDIOIDES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33745942487     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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