Visualization and enumeration of marine planktonic archaea and bacteria by using polyribonucleotide probes and fluorescent in situ hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5554-5563

  DeLong, Edward F ^a   Taylor, Lance Trent ^a   Marsh, Terence L ^b   Preston, Christina M ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Center for Microbial Ecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; FLUOROCHROME; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISM; PLANKTON; VISUALIZATION;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032729451     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5554-5563.1999     Document Type: Article

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