Evaluation of PCR-based quantification techniques to estimate the abundance of atrazine chlorohydrolase gene atzA in rhizosphere soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1999-2005

  Thompson, Brian M ^a   Lin, Chung Ho ^b   Kremer, Robert J ^c   Lerc, Robert N ^c   Hsieh, Hsin Yeh ^a   Garrett, Harold E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINES; BACTERIAL GENES; CATABOLIC GENES; CONTAMINATED SITES; COPY NUMBER; DEGRADING BACTERIA; DEGRADING ENZYMES; OPTIMAL PROBE; PROBE-BASED; PSEUDOMONAS SP; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUANTITATIVE-COMPETITIVE PCR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; SOIL SAMPLE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREMEDIATION; GENES; HERBICIDES; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATRAZINE; ATRAZINE CHLOROHYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATZA GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPETITIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBE BASED REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL;

ATRAZINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HERBICIDES; HYDROLASES; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 78650790918     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0192     Document Type: Article

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