Detection and differentiation of chlamydiae by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4081-4089

  Poppert, Sven ^a   Essig, Andreas ^a   Marre, Reinhard ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a   Horn, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIA; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; RNA;

PATHOGENS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; NEOCHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA; RICKETTSIALES; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0036330743     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.8.4081-4089.2002     Document Type: Article

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