Molecular microbial ecology

Microbial Ecology Exemplifies Building Ecology

Recent advances in molecular methods have dramatically improved knowledge of the microbial communities and their diversity in indoor environments. We have retrieved over 150 references with results of indoor microbial investigations and environmental factors. Representative papers are summarized here. The results show that buildings are complex, ecosystem-like, and that collaboration between mi...

Molecular and functional ecology of aquatic microbial symbionts

Molecular and functional ecology of aquatic microbial symbionts Grossart, H.-P.; Riemann, Lasse; Tang, K.W. Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00059 Publication date: 2013 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Citation for published version (APA): Grossart, H-P., Riemann, L., & Tang, K. W. (2013). Molecular and functional ecology of aquat...

Molecular Techniques to Assess Microbial Community Structure, Function, and Dynamics in the Environment

I. Ahmad et al. (eds.), Microbes and Microbial Technology: Agricultural and Environmental Applications, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7931-5_2, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Abstract Culture-based methods are important in investigating the microbial ecology of natural and anthropogenically impacted environments, but they are extremely biased in their evaluation of microbial genetic diver...

Molecular Methods in Microbial Ecology

It is now generally accepted in microbial ecology that cultivation-based approaches provide an incomplete picture of microbial diversity in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract because only a minority of microbes can be obtained in culture. Therefore, the application of molecular approaches, especially those focused on 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequence diversity, have become popular as they enable r...

Molecular methods for microbial ecology Developments, applications and results

Genetic fingerprinting of microbial communities – present status and future perspectives

The use of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) as molecular marker to identify microbial populations is now routinely used in microbial ecology. One of the strategies herein is cloning of PCR products obtained from environmental DNA to explore the diversity of microbial communities without the need of cultivation. Although successful, this approach is for practical reasons not suited to study the complex dyna...