Characterization of myxomycete communities in soil by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based method

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1324-1330

  Kamono, Akiko ^a   Matsumoto, Jun ^b   Kojima, Hisaya ^a   Fukui, Manabu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukui Botanical Garden   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community composition; DGGE; Myxomycetes; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DGGE; FRUITING BODIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MYXOMYCETES; NATURAL HABITATS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PCR APPROACHES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTIONS; RT-PCR; SEASONAL CHANGES; SINGLE SITES; SOIL SAMPLES; STUDY SITES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

AMPLIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GELATION; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERIZATION; RNA; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TRANSCRIPTION;

PROTOZOA;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; REAL TIME; RNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

DIDYMIIDAE; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARIDAE;

EID: 67349190574     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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