Development of amplified fragment length polymorphism-derived functional strain-specific markers to assess the persistence of 10 bacterial strains in soil microcosms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 7126-7135

  Xiang, S R ^a   Cook, M ^a   Saucier, S ^a   Gillespie, P ^a   Socha, R ^a   Scroggins, R ^a   Beaudette, L A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; DETECTION THRESHOLD; DNA MARKERS; DRY SOIL; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL STRAIN; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH SPECIFICITY; INCUBATION PERIODS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL STRAIN; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; SOIL MICROCOSMS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOILS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA HERMANNII; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS DENITRIFICANS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 78149445794     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00574-10     Document Type: Article

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