Development and performance of a quantitative PCR for the enumeration of Bdellovibrionaceae

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 228-233

  Van Essche, M ^a   Sliepen, I ^a   Loozen, G ^a   Van Eldere, J ^a   Quirynen, M ^a   Davidov, Y ^b   Jurkevitch, E ^c   Boon, N ^d   Teughels, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 78649708356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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