Sequence diversity in haloalkane dehalogenases, as revealed by PCR using family-specific primers

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-217

  Kotik, Michael ^a   Faměrová, Veronika ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Consensus sequence; Degenerate PCR primer; Dehalogenation; Metagenome; Metatranscriptome

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GROUND WATER; HALOALKANE DEHALOGENASE; HYDROLASE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DEHALOGENATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; HLD GENE; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HYDROLASES; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84856391603     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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