Use of multiplex terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism for rapid and simultaneous analysis of different components of the soil microbial community

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 7278-7285

  Singh, Brajesh K ^a   Nazaries, Loic ^a   Munro, Stacey ^a   Anderson, Ian C ^a   Campbell, Colin D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; FUNGI; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOILS;

AGROBACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; ARCHAEA; FINGERPRINTING METHOD; MULTIPLEX TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (M-TRFLP);

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOSPHERE; SHRUB; SOIL BIOTA; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MULTIPLEX TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL BACTERIUM; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXON; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CALLUNA; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLUNA VULGARIS; FUNGI; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 33751006742     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00510-06     Document Type: Article

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