Enhanced gene detection assays for fumarate-adding enzymes allow uncovering of anaerobic hydrocarbon degraders in terrestrial and marine systems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 543-552

  von Netzer, Frederick ^a   Pilloni, Giovanni ^a   Kleindienst, Sara ^b   Krüger, Martin ^c   Knittel, Katrin ^b   Gründger, Friederike ^c   Luedersa, Tillmann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATABOLIC GENES; CONTAMINATED SITES; DETECTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; GENE DETECTION; HYDROCARBON DEGRADERS; MARINE SYSTEMS; MARKER GENES; NOVEL LINEAGES; PRIMER SETS; PURE CULTURE; SYNTHASES; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

ASSAYS; ENZYMES; HYDROCARBONS;

GENES;

ENZYME; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; PRIMER DNA;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HOMOLOGY; HYDROCARBON;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYMES; FUMARATES; HYDROCARBONS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84871851433     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02362-12     Document Type: Article

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