Deep sequencing of a dimethylsulfoniopropionate-degrading gene (dmdA) by using PCR primer pairs designed on the basis of marine metagenomic data

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 609-617

  Varaliay, Vanessa A ^a   Howard, Erinn C ^a   Sun, Shulei ^a,b   Moran, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES;

BACTERIOPLANKTONS; COASTAL WATERS; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; FUNCTIONAL GENES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; PARTICLE ASSOCIATED BACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SPECIFIC PRIMERS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOINFORMATICS; CLADISTICS; COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; DNA; GENE; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 75249105048     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01258-09     Document Type: Article

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