Combination of rRNA-targeted hybridization probes and immuno-probes for the identification of bacteria by flow cytometry

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 569-576

  Wallner, Günter ^a   Steinmetz, Ivo ^b   Bitter Suermann, Dieter ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Flow Cytometry; Fluorescent in situ Hybridization; Identification; Immunofluorescence; Ribosomal RNA; Three Color Analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; BIOTIN; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FLUORESCEIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; POLYSORBATE 20; RIBOSOME RNA; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030446292     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80028-2     Document Type: Article

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