Australasian Biotechnology,
Volume 8 Number 1, January/February 1998, pp. 47-49
Molecular Ecology of the Microbial Degradation of Aromatic Compounds
Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Andrew D. Laurie, and David W.F. Hunter
Code Number:AU98012
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Microbes can be recognized by direct analysis of nucleic acids without
the unrepresentative and unreliable steps of classical cultivation by using
the techniques of molecular biology. This paradigm shift in how we conduct
environmental microbiological research is relatively recent, most of the
research and methods having originated during the past decade. The approach
has great potential to complement chemical and physical methods for
evaluating the potential for bioremediation, and subsequent monitoring of
progress.
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