title: Polyclonal antibodies to chlorosome proteins as probes for green sulfur bacteria.
abstract: We found that polyclonal antibodies raised against chlorosome polypeptides from green sulfur bacteria reacted to Chlorobium tepidum, Chlorobium limicola, and Chlorobium phaeobacteroides but not to Chloroflexus aurantiacus. These antibodies successfully labeled only green sulfur species in marine microbial mat samples. Our results suggest that these antibodies may be useful as immunohistochemical probes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Cahill
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stolz
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015335:Molecular Probes; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D015335:Molecular Probes