Discrepancies in the widely applied GAM42a fluorescence in situ hybridisation probe for Gammaproteobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 367-373

  Siyambalapitiya, Nishanthi ^a   Blackall, Linda Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; FISH; GAM42a; Gammaproteobacteria; Xanthomonas group

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 11144320756     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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