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Elsas, Jan Dirk van was born on June 30, 1951 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Son of Jacobus Johannes and Amelia (Quist) van Elsas.
(For a long time microbial ecology has been developed as a...)
For a long time microbial ecology has been developed as a distinct field within Ecology. In spite of the important role of microorganisms in the environment, this group of 'invisible' organisms remained unaccessable to other ecologists. Detection and identification of microorganisms remain largely dependent on isolation techniques and characterisation of pure cul tures. We now realise that only a minor fraction of the microbial com munity can be cultivated. As a result of the introduction of molecular methods, microbes can now be detected and identified at the DNA/RNA level in their natural environment. This has opened a new field in ecology: Molecular Microbial Ecology. In the present manual we aim to introduce the microbial ecologist to a selected number of current molecular techniques that are relevant in micro bial ecology. The first edition of the manual contains 33 chapters and an equal number of additional chapters will be added this year. Since the field of molecular ecology is in a continuous progress, we aim to update and extend the Manual regularly and will invite anyone to depo sit their new protocols in full detail in the next edition of this Manual. We hope this book finds its place where it was born: at the lab bench! Antoon D.L. Akkermans, Jan Dirk van Elsas and Frans J. de Bruijn March 1995 Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual 1.3.6: 1-8, 1996. © 1996 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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(For a long time microbial ecology has been developed as a...)
For a long time microbial ecology has been developed as a distinct field within Ecology. In spite of the important role of microorganisms in the environment, this group of 'invisible' organisms remained unaccessable to other ecologists. Detection and identification of microorganisms remain largely dependent on isolation techniques and characterisation of pure cul tures. We now realise that only a minor fraction of the microbial com munity can be cultivated. As a result of the introduction of molecular methods, microbes can now be detected and identified at the DNA/RNA level in their natural environment. This has opened a new field in ecology: Molecular Microbial Ecology. In the present manual we aim to introduce the microbial ecologist to a selected number of current molecular techniques that are relevant in micro bial ecology. The first edition of the manual contains 33 chapters and an equal number of additional chapters will be added this year. Since the field of molecular ecology is in a continuous progress, we aim to update and extend the Manual regularly and will invite anyone to depo sit their new protocols in full detail in the next edition of this Manual. We hope this book finds its place where it was born: at the lab bench! Antoon D.L. Akkermans, Jan Dirk van Elsas and Frans J. de Bruijn March 1995 Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual 1.3.6: 1-8, 1996. © 1996 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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(The Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual provides general i...)
The Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual provides general information ab out molecular techniques relevant to molecular ecological research. At tention is paid to the use of molecular methods for studying the fate of genetically modified and native microorganisms in the environment.
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Elsas, Jan Dirk van was born on June 30, 1951 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Son of Jacobus Johannes and Amelia (Quist) van Elsas.
Bachelor of Science, Technology University Delft, 1973. Master of Science, Technology University Delft, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Federal University Rio de Janeiro, 1983.
Research scientist, Research Institute Information Technology and Libraries, Netherlands, 1984-1990;
research scientist, Institute Soil Fertility Research, Netherlands, 1990-1993;
research scientist, Institute Plant Protection, Netherlands, since 1993. Adjunct Professor Federal U. Rio de Janeiro, 1977-1984. Coordinator Dutch Soil BiologyProgram, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1991-1995.
Director Soil Biotechnology Foundation, Wageningen, since 1993. Organizer BAGECO-4 Symposium, Wageningen, 1993.
(The Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual provides general i...)
(This text offers general information about molecular tech...)
(For a long time microbial ecology has been developed as a...)
(For a long time microbial ecology has been developed as a...)
Member American Society Microbiology, European Science Foundation (commission member since 1994).
Married Tineke van Beest, September 17, 1981. Children: Diederik Jan, Erika Johanna, Roeland Pieter.