Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation.

doi:10.1128/mr.59.1.143-169.1995

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Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation.

Microbiological reviews - 1 Mar 1995

Amann R I, Ludwig W, Schleifer K H

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The frequent discrepancy between direct microscopic counts and numbers of culturable bacteria from environmental samples is just one of several indications that we currently know only a minor part of the diversity of microorganisms in nature. A combination of direct retrieval of rRNA sequences an...

Topics

Bacteria
Base Sequence
Genetic Variation
In Situ Hybridization
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S

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