The domain-specific probe EUB338 is insufficient for the detection of all bacteria: Development and evaluation of a more comprehensive probe set

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 434-444

  Daims, Holger ^a   Brühl, Andreas ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^b   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria specific probes; Digital image analysis; EUB338; Fluorescent in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOFILM; ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0344172842     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80053-8     Document Type: Article

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