Identification of active denitrifiers in rice paddy soil by DNA- and RNA-based analyses

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 456-461

  Yoshida, Megumi ^a   Ishii, Satoshi ^a,b   Fujii, Daichi ^a   Otsuka, Shigeto ^a   Senoo, Keishi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denitrification; nirK; nirS; nosZ

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIACEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCYCLACEAE; RICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; DENITRIFICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIACEAE; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCYCLACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BURKHOLDERIALES; NEISSERIALES; RHODOCYCLALES;

EID: 84871143278     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME12076     Document Type: Article

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