Differential enumeration and in situ localization of microorganisms in the hindgut of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis by hybridization with rRNA-targeted probes

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 407-416

  Berchtold, Manfred ^a   Chatzinotas, Antonis ^b   Schönhuber, Wilhelm ^c   Brune, Andreas ^d   Amann, Rudolf ^c   Hahn, Dittmar ^b   König, Helmut ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescent oligonucleotide probes; Freeze sectioning; In situ hybridization; Intestinal microorganisms; Mastotermes darwiniensis; Oxygen microsensors; RRNA; Termites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROBE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES PHYLUM; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032722129     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050778     Document Type: Article

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