Development of 18S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for specific detection of Hartmannella and Naegleria in Legionella - Positive environmental samples

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 76-82

  Grimm, Dorothee ^a   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^b   Brandt, Bettina C ^a   Michel, Rolf ^c   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^b   Hacker, Jörg ^a   Steinert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Zentrales Inst Sanitatsdienstes B   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Environment; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Hartmannella; Legionella; Naegleria

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEGIONELLA; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROBE; SARCODINA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ECHINAMOEBA; HARTMANNELLA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NAEGLERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PLACIDA; PLATYAMOEBA PLACIDA; PROTOZOA; SACCAMOEBA; SARCODINA; THECAMOEBA; THECAMOEBA QUADRILINEATA; VEXILLIFERA;

EID: 0035038350     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00017     Document Type: Article

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