Description |
xvi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Nucleic acid extraction from environmental samples / A. Milling ... [et al.] -- Prokaryotic systematics: PCR and sequence analysis of amplified 16s rRNA genes / Wilfred F. Röling and Ian M. Head -- DNA fingerprinting of microbial communities / Andreas Felske and Mark Osborn -- Molecular typing of environmental isolates / Jan L. W. Rademaker, Henk J. M. Aarts and Pablo Vinuesa -- RT-PCR and mRNA expression analysis of functional genes / Balbina Nogales -- Quantitative real-time PCR / Cindy Smith -- |
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Stable-isotope probing / Stefan Radajewski and J. Colin Murrell -- Applications of nucleic acid hybridization in microbial ecology / Mark Osborn, Vivien Prior and Konstantinos Damianakis -- Fluorescence in situ hybridization for the detection of prokaryotes / Holger Daims, Kilian Stoecker and Michael Wagner -- Lessons from the genomes: microbial ecology and genomics / Andrew S. Whiteley ... [et al] -- Metagenomic libraries from uncultured microorganisms / Doreen E. Gillespie ... [et al.] -- A molecular toolbox for bacterial ecologists: PCR primers for functional gene analysis / Michael J. Larkin, A. Mark Osborn and Derek Fairley -- Molecular detection of fungal communities in soil / Eric Smit, Francisco de Souza and Renske Landeweert -- Environmental assessment: bioreporter systems -- Bioinformatics and Web resources for the microbial ecologist |
Summary |
"Molecular Microbial Ecology gives a comprehensive guide to the recent revolution in the study of microorganisms in the environment. Details are given on molecular methods for isolating some of the previously uncultured and numerically dominant microbial groups. PCR-based approaches to studying prokaryotic systematics are described, including ribosomal RNA analysis and stable isotope probing. Later chapters cover DNA hybridization techniques (including fluorescent in situ hybridization), as well as genomic and metagenomic approaches to microbial ecology. Gathering together some of the world's leading experts, this book provides an invaluable introduction to the modern theory and molecular methods used in studying microbial ecology."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Molecular microbiology.
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Microbial ecology.
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Ecology.
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Environmental Microbiology.
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Nucleic Acid Hybridization.
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Polymerase Chain Reaction -- methods.
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Author |
Osborn, A. Mark.
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Smith, Cindy Dr
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LC no. |
2005014409 |
ISBN |
1859962831 |
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