A comparative study of most probable number (MPN)-PCR vs. real-time-PCR for the measurement of abundance and assessment of diversity of alkB homologous genes in soil

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-298

  Schulz, Stephan ^a   Peréz de Mora, Alfredo ^a   Engel, Marion ^b   Munch, Jean Charles ^a   Schloter, Michael ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkane monooxygenase gene alkB; MPN PCR; Quantitative PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BACTERIAL DNA; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PRIMER DNA;

ALKB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANDY LOAM; SANDY SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77952295773     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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