Methanobrevibacter ruminantium as an indicator of domesticated-ruminant fecal pollution in surface waters
Article Abstract:
The fecal pollution is detected from domesticated ruminants in environmental water samples by using a PCR-based assay (Mrnif) targeting the nifH gene of Methanobrevibacter ruminantium. The assay is shown to be sensitive and can distinguish between domesticated- and nondomesticated-ruminant fecal pollution in environmental samples.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2007
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Multiplex PCR screening to detect cry9 genes in Bacillus thuringiensis strains
Article Abstract:
A PCR method is described that can detect all four known genes in Bacillus thuringiensis that produce insecticidal crystal proteins. This bacterium is a biological control agent that can kill agricultural pests.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
PCR-based strategy to detect and identify species of phaeoacremonium causing grapevine diseases
Article Abstract:
A nested PCR strategy by using general fungal primers ITS1F/ITS4 which was developed to detect Phaeoacremonium diseases directly in grapevine wood and produce plants free of the disease is presented.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2007
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Epiphytic cyanobacteria on Chara vulgaris are the main contributors to N2 fixation in rice fields. Insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis silences Erwinia carotovora virulence by a new form of microbial antagonism, signal interference
- Abstracts: X chromosome inactivation, XIST, and pursuit of the X-inactivation center
- Abstracts: p53 and its 14 kDa C-terminal domain recognize primary DNA damage in the form of insertion/deletion mismatches
- Abstracts: The small heterodimer partner is a gonadal gatekeeper of sexual maturation in male mice. Insulin secretion: SIRT4 gets in on the act
- Abstracts: Gene diversity and mode of reproduction in the brooded larvae of the coral Heteroxenia fuscescens. Speciation in Drosophila: From phenotypes to molecules