title: Amplification of DNA from native populations of soil bacteria by using the polymerase chain reaction.
abstract: Specific DNA sequences from native bacterial populations present in soil, sediment, and sand samples were amplified by using the polymerase chain reaction with primers for either "universal" eubacterial 16S rRNA genes or mercury resistance (mer) genes. With standard amplification conditions, 1.5-kb rDNA fragments from all 12 samples examined and from as little as 5 micrograms of soil were reproducibly amplified. A 1-kb mer fragment from one soil sample was also amplified. The identity of these amplified fragments was confirmed by DNA-DNA hybridization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Donnan Laboratories, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hiorns
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hobman
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Strike
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ritchie
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005784:Gene Amplification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial