Jansson, Janet
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2003Peer reviewed
Marker and reporter genes: illuminating tools for environmental microbiologists
Jansson, JK
Abstract
Fluorescent and luminescent marker and reporter genes provide easily detectable phenotypes to microbial cells and are therefore valuable tools for the study of microorganisms in the environment. Although these tools are becoming widely adopted, there are still issues that remain to be solved, such as the dependence of the reporter output on the physiological status of the cell. Eventually it might be the use of marker and reporter genes themselves that will contribute towards better understanding of the physiological status of specific microbial populations in nature
Published in
Current Opinion in Microbiology
2003, volume: 6, number: 3, pages: 310-316
Publisher: CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation
Fish and Aquacultural Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1369-5274(03)00057-2
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/1957