Specific detection of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis by fluorescent in situ hybridization with an 18S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2731-2740

  Lischewski, Axel ^a   Amann, Rudolf I ^b   Harmsen, Dag ^a   Merkert, Hilde ^a   Hacker, Jörg ^a   Morschhäuser, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Candida; Fluorescence; In situ hybridization; Oligonucleotide probe

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI;

EID: 0029954537     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-10-2731     Document Type: Article

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