The application of amplicon length heterogeneity PCR (LH-PCR) for monitoring the dynamics of soil microbial communities associated with cadaver decomposition

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-393

  Moreno, Lilliana I ^a,c   Mills, DeEtta ^a   Fetscher, Jill ^a   John Williams, Krista ^a   Meadows Jantz, Lee ^b   McCord, Bruce ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplicon length heterogeneity; Capillary electrophoresis; Clandestine graves; Forensic sciences; Soil microbial profiling

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; AMPLICON LENGTH HETEROGENEITY POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOUTH FLORA; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; CADAVER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79951809920     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.11.023     Document Type: Article

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