Differentiation of two very similar glaucomid ciliate morphospecies (Ciliophora, Tetrahymenida) by fluorescence in situ hybridization with 18S rRNA targeted oligonucleotide probes

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Fried, Johannes ^a,b   Foissner, Wilhelm ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Gene probes; Identification; Morphology; rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

CILIATE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PROBE; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CILIOPHORA; GLAUCOMA (CILIATE); GLAUCOMA SCINTILLANS; GLAUCOMIDAE; GLAUCOMIDES BROMELICOLA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34547443360     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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