In situ reverse transcription for the specific detection of a bacteria and protozoa

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 396-400

  Prescott, A M ^a   Fricker, C R ^a  

^a THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTOZOA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

16S RRNA; 18S RRNA; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HYBRIDIZATION METHODS; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MIXED MICROBIAL POPULATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OOCYSTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SPECIFIC DETECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMERA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033388010     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1999.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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