Gold-FISH: A new approach for the in situ detection of single microbial cells combining fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 518-525

  Schmidt, Hannes ^a   Eickhorst, Thilo ^a   Mußmann, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CARD FISH; Epifluorescence microscopy; Gold FISH; In situ hybridisation; Nanogold; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ISOPROPAMIDE IODIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING SITE; CATALYSED REPORTER DEPOSITION; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TARGET CELL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; PLANT ROOTS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ALEXA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 84870328258     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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