Oligonucleotide primers, probes and molecular methods for the environmental monitoring of methanogenic archaea

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 585-602

  Narihiro, Takashi ^a   Sekiguchi, Yuji ^b  

^a International Patent Organism Depositary ^*  (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA 16S;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; METHANE; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84860424247     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00239.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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