Characterization of growing microorganisms in soil by stable isotope probing with H218O

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2541-2546

  Schwartz, Egbert ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOTOPES; POLYMORPHISM; SOILS;

CESIUM CHLORIDE; ISOTOPE PROBING; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENTS (TRF);

MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIAL DNA; CESIUM CHLORIDE; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN 18; RNA 16S; WATER;

BACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRIFUGATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOTOPE LABELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

EID: 34247572018     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02021-06     Document Type: Article

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