LNA-substituted degenerate primers improve detection of nitrogenase gene transcription in environmental samples

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-257

  Burbano, Claudia Sofía ^a   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^a   Hurek, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHARUM;

EID: 78649712643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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