Specific oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection of a major group of gram-positive bacteria with low DNA G+C content

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-196

  Meier, Harald ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^b   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^c   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Flow Cytometry Group ^*

Author keywords

Activated sludge; DNA probe; FISH; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Gram positive bacteria; Identification; rRNA; rRNA database

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LYSOZYME; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DNA CONTENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACILLALES; BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLALES; LACTOBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033066743     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80065-4     Document Type: Article

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