In situ identification by fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes of morphologically similar, closely related ciliate species

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 156-162

  Petroni, G ^a   Rosati, G ^a   Vannini, C ^a   Modeo, L ^a   Dini, F ^a   Verni, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PROBE;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES MINUTA; EUPLOTES VANNUS; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; PROTOZOA;

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; EUPLOTES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUPLOTES; FLUORESCENT DYES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0038323856     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-2016-x     Document Type: Article

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