Development of a 16S rRNA-targeted probe set for Verrucomicrobia and its application for fluorescence in situ hybridization in a humic lake

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-148

  Arnds, Julia ^a   Knittel, Katrin ^a   Buck, Ulrike ^a,b   Winkel, Matthias ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Gro e Fuchskuhle; Humic lake; Oligonucleotide probes; Verrucomicrobia

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GERMANY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROBE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OPITUTUS; PROSTHECOBACTER; SPARTOBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 77950919873     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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