Formation of pseudo-terminal restriction fragments, a PCR-related bias affecting terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of microbial community structure.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on May 01, 2003

Authors

Markus Egert1, Michael W Friedrich

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1: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Strasse, D-35043 Marburg/Lahn, Germany.

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