Development of a PCR for the detection and identification of cyanobacterial nifD genes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 550-556

  Roeselers, Guus ^a   Stal, Lucas J ^b   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Environmental microbiology; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROFLORA; NIFD GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34548130704     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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