title: The identification of microorganisms by fluorescence in situ hybridisation.
abstract: Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes facilitates the rapid and specific identification of individual microbial cells in their natural environments. Over the past year there have been a number of methodological developments in this area and new applications of FISH in microbial ecology and biotechnology have been reported.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Ecology Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D-28359, Bremen, Germany. ramann@mpi-bremen.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amann
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Behrens
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D015335:Molecular Probes; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012722:Sewage