Design and validation of four new primers for next-generation sequencing to target the 18S rRNA genes of gastrointestinal ciliate protozoa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5515-5521

  Ishaq, Suzanne L ^a   Wright, André Denis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; RNA;

18S RRNA; 454-PYROSEQUENCING; AMPLICONS; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; PRIMER SETS; SEQUENCE IDENTITY;

GENES;

CILIATE; DATABASE; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ALASKA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; RUMEN; RUMINANT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CILIOPHORA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RUMEN; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84905898382     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01644-14     Document Type: Article

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