Advances in monitoring of catabolic genes during bioremediation

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-155

  Jørgensen, Kirsten S ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Catabolic genes; Functional gene arrays; Functional genes; Metagenomics; Metatranscriptomics; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349132977     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-008-0021-6     Document Type: Article

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