Article
Molecular approaches to the assessment of biodiversity in aquatic microbial communities.
Water research - 1 Jun 2005
Dorigo Ursula, Volatier Laurence, Humbert Jean-François
Abstract excerpt
For the past 20 years, the increased development and routine application of molecular-based techniques has made it possible to carry out detailed evaluations of the biodiversity of aquatic microbial communities. It also offers great opportunities for finding out how this parameter responds to various environmental stresses. Most of these approaches involve an initial PCR amplification of a target, which is...
Topics
- Bacteria
- Biodiversity
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Variation
- Microarray Analysis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Water Microbiology