title: Fluorescence in situ hybridisation for the identification and characterisation of prokaryotes.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbial Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. wagner@microbial-ecology.net
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daims
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000639:trends*; D008829:Microbiology / Q000639:trends*; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells