Protocol for rapid fluorescence in situ hybridization of bacteria in cryosections of microarthropods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2875-2878

  Thimm, Torsten ^a   Tebbe, Christoph C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; RNA;

HYBRIDIZATION;

BACTERIA;

PARAFFIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLUORESCENCE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; FROZEN SECTION; INTESTINE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PROBES; FROZEN SECTIONS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOTOMIDAE;

EID: 0038220059     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2875-2878.2003     Document Type: Article

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