Reassessing PCR primers targeting nirS, nirK and nosZ genes for community surveys of denitrifying bacteria with DGGE

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 401-417

  Throbäck, Ingela Noredal ^a   Enwall, Karin ^a   Jarvis, Åsa ^a   Hallin, Sara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Denitrification; Diversity; Environmental clones; Functional genes; Nitrite reductase; Nitrous oxide reductase; Peat; Soil; Uncultured bacteria

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE; SOIL;

AMPLICON; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY; DENATURATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; EXCISION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MELTING POINT; NIRK GENE; NIRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NOSZ GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 4344685944     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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