Quantification of functional genes from procaryotes in soil by PCR

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-452

  Sharma, Shilpi ^a   Radl, Viviane ^a   Hai, Brigitte ^a   Kloos, Karin ^a   Mrkonjic Fuka, Mirna ^a   Engel, Marion ^a   Schauss, Kristina ^a   Schloter, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive PCR; Microbial activity; MPN PCR; Nucleic acid extraction; Quantitative PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOIL ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33847334185     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.10.001     Document Type: Review

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