Use of quantitative and conventional PCR to assess biodegradation of bovine and plant DNA during cattle mortality composting

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6248-6255

  Xu, Weiping ^a,b,c   Reuter, Tim ^c   Xu, Yongping ^a   Alexander, Trevor W ^c   Gilroyed, Brandon ^c,d   Jin, Liji ^a   Stanford, Kim ^b   Larney, Francis J ^c   Mcallister, Tim A ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TISSUES; CATTLE CARCASS; COPY NUMBER; DNA DEGRADATION; FEEDLOT MANURE; FRESH TISSUES; GENE FRAGMENTS; GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT ORIGIN; RESIDUAL TISSUES; RUBISCO; SOFT TISSUE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; DNA; GENES; HISTOLOGY; MANURES; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

TISSUE;

GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

BIODEGRADATION; CATTLE; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; DNA; MANURE; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARCASS; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA ISOLATION; GENE NUMBER; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE; STRAW;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATTLE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 68849120354     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900310c     Document Type: Article

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