Increase in fluorescence intensity of 16S rRNA in situ hybridization in natural samples treated with chloramphenicol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2735-2740

  Ouverney, Cleber C ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PROKARYOSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030814448     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2735-2740.1997     Document Type: Article

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