The use of a ribosomal RNA targeted oligonucleotide probe for fluorescent labelling of viable Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 429-440

  Vesey, G ^c   Ashbolt, N ^a   Fricker, E J ^b   Deere, D ^c   Williams, K L ^c   Veal, D A ^c   Dorsch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS; EXCYSTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENT LABELING; HYBRIDISATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OOCYSTS; SPECIFIC SEQUENCES; WATER SAMPLES;

PROBES;

FLUORESCENT DYE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOROZOITE; WATER SAMPLING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0031705789     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.853496.x     Document Type: Article

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