Application of a suite of 16S rRNA-specific oligonucleotide probes designed to investigate bacteria of the phylum cytophaga-flavobacter-bacteroides in the natural environment

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1097-1106

  Manz, Werner ^a,c   Amann, Rudolf ^a   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^a   Vancanneyt, Marc ^b   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA targeted oligonucleotide probes; Bacteroides group; Flavobacteria cytophaga group; In situ hybridization; Phylum cytophaga flavobacter bacteroides

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTER; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM FERRUGINEUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA;

EID: 9344247522     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-5-1097     Document Type: Article

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