Characterization of the cricket hindgut microbiota with fluorescently labeled rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 752-755

  Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^a,b,d   Kaufman, Michael G ^c   Klug, Michael J ^a,b,c   Tiedje, James M ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kellogg Biological Station   (United States)

^d WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TARGETING; INSECT; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PREVOTELLA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; GRYLLIDAE; INSECTA; MICROBIOTA; PREVOTELLA;

EID: 0031911935     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.752-755.1998     Document Type: Article

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