Improved sensitivity of whole-cell hybridization by the combination of horseradish peroxidase-labeled oligonucleotides and tyramide signal amplification

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3268-3273

  Schönhuber, Wilhelm ^a,b   Fuchs, Bernhard ^a,b   Juretschko, Stefan ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ISOPROPAMIDE IODIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0342711280     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3268-3273.1997     Document Type: Article

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