E-raamat: Molecular Approaches to Soil, Rhizosphere and Plant Microorganism Analysis [CABI e-raamatud]

Microbial ecologists from Europe, the US, and New Zealand critique many of the molecular techniques that are currently used to study soil and plant micro-organisms at the community, population, taxonomic, and functional group levels. They do not provide a bench manual, but do provide technical information on polymerase chain reaction sequences and experimental protocols. Among their topics are meta-genomics for studying soil microbial communities, and transcriptomics for determining gene expression in symbiotic root-fungus interactions. Distributed in the US by Oxford University Press. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Using contributions by international researchers, this book analyses the molecular methods used for studying microorganisms that occur in the soil or that are associated with plants, at the community, population, taxonomic and functional group levels. By providing a critical and comparative basis upon which an informed choice of technique can be made, this book empowers a prospective researcher to select a method that is most appropriate for their requirements.