Bioinformatics and molecular biology for the quantification of closely related bacteria

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 6489-6502

  Nagarajan, Karthiga ^a   Loh, Kai Chee ^a   Swarup, Sanjay ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Marker sequence; Mixed culture analysis; Quantitative real time PCR

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA SEQUENCES; BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS; MARKER SEQUENCE; MIXED CULTURES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL METHODS; PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

BACTERIA; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PURIFICATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RNA;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL COUNT; DNA PURIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GROWTH CURVE; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84879839814     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4943-5     Document Type: Article

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