… at the functional level rather than at the taxonomic level that is … The method involves direct
inoculation of environmental samples into … environmental samples based on community-level …

… directly from environmental samples are revolutionizing our … of DNA extracted directly from
environmental samples. These … are dominant components of microbial communities (11). This …

… which focus at a broader phylogenetic level. We report an approach to community:level
analysis which generates a profile of bacterial community structure by fractionating the complex …

… Samples of equivalent cell density (undiluted samples) were correctly classified by … :4 diluted
samples resulted in misclassification of at least two of the wheat samples for all parameters …

… extraction of total community DNA or RNA from environmental samples and subsequent …
on environmental samples. Methods for extraction of nucleic acids from environmental samples …

… samples at the ng L −1 level. A full method validation was also performed and determined
levels … L −1 range using river water as a test sample matrix and a sample size of 500 mL. The …

… Efficient description of overall sample patterns and statistical testing of hypotheses about
pollution-induced biological change require analyses of the community as a whole and not just …

… microbial communities in an environmental sample. In this respect, the community may
be conceptualized as the unit of ‘reproduction’ and the point of action for natural selection. …

… at the community level. Their approach involved direct inoculation of environmental samples
… use of the resulting response to describe differences in microbial communities (Fig. 1). The …

… Microbial community structure is one of the important factors controlling the pollutant-…
approach for studying microbial structure in environmental samples. The analytical precision of …