Fluorescence in situ hybridisation for the identification and characterisation of prokaryotes

Author(s)
Michael Wagner, Matthias Horn, Holger Daims
Abstract

Fluorescence in situ hybridisation with rRNA-targeted nucleic acid probes can be used to directly identify microorganisms within complex samples in a few hours and therefore has widespread application in environmental and medical microbiology. The past year has seen significant methodological improvements in fluorescence in situ hybridisation, as well as in the combination of this method with other techniques for inferring functional traits of microorganisms within their environment.

Organisation(s)
Journal
Current Opinion in Microbiology
Volume
6
Pages
302-309
No. of pages
8
ISSN
1369-5274
Publication date
2003
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
106022 Microbiology
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/9ed04fbc-0d47-49b4-9f63-ed10c7fce4bc