Novel approach using substrate-mediated radiolabelling of RNA to link metabolic function with the structure of microbial communities

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-161

  Nikolausz, Marcell ^a   Palatinszky, Márton ^b   Rusznyák, Anna ^b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a   Kappelmeyer, Uwe ^a   Kästner, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

14C; Community structure; Metabolic function; Microbial activity; Radioisotope probing

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34547412496     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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