Bacterial profiling of soil using genus-specific markers and multidimensional scaling

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1437-1442

  Lenz, Erin J ^a   Foran, David R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial DNA fingerprint; Forensic science; Recombination protein A; Rhizobia; Soil microbiology; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REC A RECOMBINASES; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 78149317997     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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