Group-specific PCR primers for the phylum Acidobacteria designed based on the comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Cho, Jae Chang ^a  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acidobacterial subgroups; PCR primer; Phylum Acidobacteria

Indexed keywords

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA;

EID: 79959771080     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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