The Use of a Combination of alkB Primers to Better Characterize the Distribution of Alkane-Degrading Bacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Jurelevicius, Diogo ^a   Alvarez, Vanessa Marques ^a   Peixoto, Raquel ^a   Rosado, Alexandre S ^a   Seldin, Lucy ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; PRIMER DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALKANE DEGRADING BACTERIA; ALKB GENE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FIRMICUTES; FLAVOBACTERIA; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BIOREMEDIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALKANES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84879163413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066565     Document Type: Article

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