Molecular detection of marine nematodes from environmental samples: Overcoming eukaryotic interference

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-103

  Bhadury, Punyasloke ^a,b,e   Austen, Melanie C ^a   Bilton, David T ^b   Lambshead, P John D ^c   Rogers, Alex D ^d,f   Smerdon, Gary R ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; DGGE; Diversity; Environmental DNA; Eukaryotic interference; Marine nematodes; Ribosomal primers

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33748755966     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame044097     Document Type: Article

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