Quantification of Frankia in soils using SYBR Green based qPCR

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-197

  Samant, Suvidha ^a   Sha, Qiong ^a   Iyer, Anita ^a   Dhabekar, Priti ^a   Hahn, Dittmar ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Clone libraries; Frankia; NifH; Nitrogenase; Quantitative PCR; Root nodules

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DENSITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FRANKIA; GENE DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DNA PRIMERS; FRANKIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STAINING AND LABELING;

FRANKIA;

EID: 84858698413     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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