Quantitative detection of the nosZ gene, encoding nitrous oxide reductase, and comparison of the abundances of 16S rRNA, narG, nirK, and nosZ genes in soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 5181-5189

  Henry, S ^a   Bru, D ^a   Stres, B ^b   Hallet, S ^a   Philippot, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RNA; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

NIRK GENES; NITROUS OXIDE; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; RRNA;

GENES;

NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; PLASMID DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MICROFLORA; NARG GENE; NEPAL; NIRK GENE; NONHUMAN; NOSZ GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLOVENIA; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33747335398     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00231-06     Document Type: Article

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