TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular approaches to the study of aquatic microbial communities
AU - MacGregor, Barbara J.
PY - 1999/6
Y1 - 1999/6
N2 - Molecular methods for studying microbial communities are still under development. Enormous sequence catalogues can be collected; they must now be related to microbial activities. Messenger RNA detection, fluorescent in situ hybridization, cell sorting, and oligonucleotide array technology are currently being explored. Biases are associated with all these methods, but combined approaches offer checks and balances.
AB - Molecular methods for studying microbial communities are still under development. Enormous sequence catalogues can be collected; they must now be related to microbial activities. Messenger RNA detection, fluorescent in situ hybridization, cell sorting, and oligonucleotide array technology are currently being explored. Biases are associated with all these methods, but combined approaches offer checks and balances.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80038-X
DO - 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80038-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033151627
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 10
SP - 220
EP - 224
JO - Current opinion in biotechnology
JF - Current opinion in biotechnology
IS - 3
ER -
