Comparison of two fingerprinting techniques, terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis, for determination of bacterial diversity in aquatic environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5982-5989

  Danovaro, R ^a   Luna, G M ^a   Dell'Anno, A ^a   Pietrangeli, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH KINETICS; SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIAL ASSEMBLAGES; BACTERIAL TAXA; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM [T-RFLP];

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

GROUND WATER; SEA WATER; SPACER DNA;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED RIBOSOMAL INTERGENIC SPACER ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSEUDOMONAS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 33748765769     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01361-06     Document Type: Article

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