Rapid detection and quantification of bisulfite reductase genes in oil field samples using real-time PCR

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-312

  Agrawal, Akhil ^a   Lal, Banwari ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Denaturating gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Dissimilatory sulfite reductase gene; Oil fields; Production water; QPCR; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE;

CATALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; OIL FIELD; OIL INDUSTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOMICROBIUM NORVEGICUM; DISSIMILATORY SULFITE REDUCTASE B GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FUEL OILS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGENSULFITE REDUCTASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

DESULFOMICROBIUM NORVEGICUM;

EID: 67650458799     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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