Detection and Characterization of Uncultivated Microorganisms Using Microarrays
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Microarrays have unprecedented potential for the high-throughput detection and characterization of uncultivated microorganisms. Several different types of arrays have been developed or adapted for the interrogation of microbial genomes and monitoring microbial population dynamics and/or activity in relation to various microbial processes such as bioremediation and biogeochemical cycling. J. Zhou and Z. He Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, 101 David L. Boren Blvd., Norman, OK 73019, USA e-mail: [email protected] T.J. Gentry Department of Soil & Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2474 TAMU, 370 Olsen Blvd., College Station, TX 77843 Microbiol Monogr, doi:10.1007/7171_2008_6 35 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
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