Quantitative PCR of pmoA using a novel reverse primer correlates with potential methane oxidation in Finnish fen

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 751-756

  Tuomivirta, Tero T ^a   Yrjälä, Kim ^b   Fritze, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

DGGE; Methanotrophs; Particulate methane monooxygenase; Peatlands; Primer; qPCR

Indexed keywords

METHANE; PMOA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PEATLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

METHYLOCYSTACEAE;

EID: 70849133417     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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