Determination of microbial diversity in environmental samples: pitfalls of PCR-based rRNA analysis

von Wintzingerode, Friedrich; B. Göbel, Ulf; Stackebrandt, Erko

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.1997.tb00351.x

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Determination of microbial diversity in environmental samples: pitfalls of PCR-based rRNA analysis

Published in FEMS Microbiology Reviews • Nov 1, 1997

Authors:

Friedrich von Wintzingerode

Ulf B. Göbel

Erko Stackebrandt

Abstract

After nearly 10 years of PCR-based analysis of prokaryotic small-subunit ribosomal RNAs for ecological studies it seems necessary to summarize reported pitfalls of this approach which will most likely lead to an erroneous description on the microbial diversity of a given habitat. The following artic...

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Biology

Nucleic acid

Ribosomal RNA

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