{Reference Type}: Journal Article {Title}: Design of a degenerate primer pair to target a bacterial functional community: The hppd bacterial gene coding for the enzyme targeted by herbicides, a study case. {Author}: Thiour-Mauprivez C;Devers-Lamrani M;Mounier A;Beguet J;Spor A;Calvayrac C;Barthelmebs L;Martin-Laurent F; {Journal}: J Microbiol Methods {Volume}: 170 {Issue}: 0 {Year}: 03 2020 {Factor}: 2.622 {DOI}: 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.105839 {Abstract}: The present work aimed to design a degenerate primer pair to target a large part of the hppd soil bacterial community, possibly affected by herbicides. We validated these primers by qPCR and high-throughput sequencing analysis of soil samples.