Ribosomal RNA-based oligonucleotide probes to identify marine green ultraphytoplankton

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-94

  Knauber, Donna C ^a   Berry, Eugene S ^a   Fawley, Marvin W ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotinylated probes; Epifluorescence microscopy; Micromonadophyceae; Oligonucleotide probes

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PLANKTON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030098199     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04486.x     Document Type: Article

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