Design and application of new 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for the Azospirillum-Skermanella-Rhodocista-cluster

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-97

  Stoffels, Marion ^a   Castellanos, Thelma ^b   Hartmann, Anton ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Azospirillum; FISH; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Identification; Monitoring; Rhodocista; Skermanella; Top to bottom approach

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCISTA; RNA SEQUENCE; SKERMANELLA;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM AMAZONENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM DOEBEREINERAE; AZOSPIRILLUM HALOPRAEFERENS; AZOSPIRILLUM IRAKENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LARGIMOBILE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOCISTA; SKERMANELLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035031473     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00011     Document Type: Article

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