title: Specific primers for the detection of freshwater alphaproteobacterial magnetotactic cocci.
abstract: Freshwater magnetotactic cocci within Alphaproteobacteria are of ecological interest due to their ubiquitous distribution in aquatic environments as well as their potential roles in iron cycling and the bulk magnetism of sediment. To effectively investigate the diversity and distribution of these cocci, specific primers (FMTCf and FMTCr) were developed. Their specificity, applicability, and effectiveness were then evaluated theoretically and empirically.
authors.affiliation: Paleomagnetism and Geochronology Laboratory, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yongxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D008124:Locomotion; D008280:Magnetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes / Q000235:genetics*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes