Current Issues in Molecular Biology, Volume 4, Issue 1

Rapid and sensitive methods for the detection and genetic characterization of cyanobacteria have been developed based on DNA amplification techniques. This article describes the molecular methods that have been used to characterize cyanobacteria an...

This article describes the use of quantitative PCR for measuring bacterial abundance in environmental samples. The two approaches discussed are: (1) The use of an internal PCR standard constructed to be the same size and have the same sequence as t...

To overcome many of the limitations associated with indirect detection methods, new techniques for the sensitive, specific, and direct detection of nucleic acids are required in order to accurately and quantitatively ascribe phenotype/function to u...