Diversity analysis of sulfite- and sulfate-reducing microorganisms by multiplex dsrA and dsrB amplicon sequencing using new primers and mock community-optimized bioinformatics

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2994-3009

  Pelikan, Claus ^a,b   Herbold, Craig W ^a   Hausmann, Bela ^a,c   Müller, Albert L ^a,b,d   Pester, Michael ^c   Loy, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Austrian Polar Research Institute   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85028238294     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13139     Document Type: Article

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