Article
Genotypic microbial community profiling: a critical technical review.
Microbial ecology - 1 Aug 2007
Nocker Andreas, Burr Mark, Camper Anne K
Abstract excerpt
Microbial ecology has undergone a profound change in the last two decades with regard to methods employed for the analysis of natural communities. Emphasis has shifted from culturing to the analysis of signature molecules including molecular DNA-based approaches that rely either on direct cloning...
Topics
- Archaea
- Bacteria
- Biodiversity
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Fungi
- Genetic Techniques
- Genotype
- Microbiological Techniques
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
