Advantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR)-based approaches in microbial ecology
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- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Vol. 67 (1) , 6-20
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00629.x
Abstract
Quantitative PCR (Q-PCR or real-time PCR) approaches are now widely applied in microbial ecology to quantify the abundance and expression of taxonomiKeywords
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