Molecular approaches to environmental microbiology / edited by R.W. Pickup and J.R. Saunders.

Other author Pickup, R. W. (Roger W.)
Other author Saunders, Jon R., 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Ellis Horwood, 1996.
Descriptionx, 262 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Modern molecular techniques and environmental microbiology / J. Gwynfryn Jone -- The Ecology and evolution of bacterial plasmids / J.R. Saunders, V.A. Saunders and R.W. Pickup -- The Use of 16S ribosomal RNA sequences in microbial ecology / T. Martin Embley and Erko Stackebrandt -- Nucleic acid techniques in the environmental detection of microorganisms and their activities / John P. Bowman and Gary S. Sayler -- Marker gene technology in environmental microbiology / Venetia A. Saunders -- Immunological approaches to the analysis of microbial populations / J.P. Carter and J.M. Lynch -- Flow cytometry for the targeted analysis of the structure and function of microbial populations / C. Edwards, J. Diaper and J. Porter -- The Use of insertion sequences for the identification and specific detection of bacterial strains with particular reference to Rhizobium meliloti / Roger Wheatcroft -- Pyrolysis mass spectrometry in the investigation of clinicoenvironmental infection problems / R. Freeman [et al.] -- Detection of giardia and cryptosporidium in water : current status and future prospects / Huw V. Smith -- Survival of bacteria in the environment / J.A.W. Morgan and C. Winstanley -- The Molecular basis of rhizosphere competence in agrobacterium tumefaciens / Charles H. Shaw.
Local noteLittle-340411--305131047592/
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95034331
ISBN0130154962 (cased : alk. paper)