Design and performance of a 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe for detection of members of the genus Bdellovibrio by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7488-7493

  Mahmoud, Khaled K ^a   McNeely, Damian ^a   Elwood, Chelsea ^a   Koval, Susan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

BDELLOVIBRIOS; HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RRNA;

BACTERIA;

CYANINE DYE 3; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; DESIGN; DETECTION METHOD; HYBRIDIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOVORAX LITORALIS; BACTERIOVORAX MARINUS; BACTERIOVORAX STOLPII; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BDELLOVIBRIO; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KLEBSORMIDIUM FLACCIDUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PEREDIBACTER STARRII; RNA SEQUENCE; SHEWANELLA BALTICA;

BDELLOVIBRIO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BDELLOVIBRIO;

EID: 36649017113     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01112-07     Document Type: Article

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