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A new system of degenerate oligonucleotide primers for detection and amplification of nifHD genes

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    D. N. Fedorov, E. G. Ivanova, N. V. Doronina & Yu. A. Trotsenko

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Original Russian Text © D.N. Fedorov, E.G. Ivanova, N.V. Doronina, Yu.A. Trotsenko, 2008, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2008, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 286–288.

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Fedorov, D.N., Ivanova, E.G., Doronina, N.V. et al. A new system of degenerate oligonucleotide primers for detection and amplification of nifHD genes. Microbiology 77, 247–249 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261708020215

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