First exploration of Nitrobacter diversity in soils by a PCR cloning-sequencing approach targeting functional gene nxrA

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-140

  Poly, Franck ^a,b   Wertz, Sophie ^a,b   Brothier, Elisabeth ^a,b   Degrange, Valérie ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Functional gene; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidizing bacteria; nxrA; Soil

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FALLOW; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; PASTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAVANNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NITRITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NITROBACTER ALKALICUS; NITROBACTER HAMBURGENSIS; NITROBACTER VULGARIS; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER ALKALICUS; NITROBACTER HAMBURGENSIS; NITROBACTER VULGARIS; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI;

EID: 36849061109     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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