Genetic diversity within mer genes directly amplified from communities of noncultivated soil and sediment bacteria.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.1995.tb00260.x

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Genetic diversity within mer genes directly amplified from communities of noncultivated soil and sediment bacteria.

Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 1995

Bruce K D, Osborn A M, Pearson A J, Strike P, Ritchie D A

Abstract excerpt

Individual merRT delta P regions were amplified from DNA directly isolated from soil and sediment samples using consensus primers derived from the conserved mer sequences of Tn501, Tn21 and pMER419. Soil and sediment samples were taken from four sites in the British Isles; one 'pristine' (SB) and three polluted (SO, SE, T2) with respect to mercury. The sizes of the PCR products amplified (approximately 1 kb) were...

Topics

Bacteria
Bacterial Proteins
Base Sequence
Cloning, Molecular
Consensus Sequence
Conserved Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA Transposable Elements
DNA, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Mercury

Molecular Sequence Data

Oligonucleotide Probes

Phylogeny

Plasmids

Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

Soil Microbiology

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PMID: 7582168
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.1995.tb00260.x

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