>> From: sahar fatima <qau_mic from yahoo.com>
> Date: May 12, 2008 6:20:45 AM EDT
> To: methods from magpie.bio.indiana.edu> Subject: Actinomycetes identification
>>> Hi.
> The primers used for bacteria for moleculer identification by
> amplification of 16s rRNA can be used for actinomycetes or not? If
> not then please tell which primers to be used for their
> identification.
> Thanks
>
Hello,
It depends which primers you are talking about... The ProbeBase site
(www.microbial-ecology.de/probebase/) is one convenient place you can
check.
Barbara MacGregor