title: Use of chloroflexus-specific antiserum to evaluate filamentous bacteria of a hot spring microbial mat.
abstract: Polyclonal antiserum prepared against Chloroflexus aurantiacus reacted with all Chloroflexus strains examined but not with other morphologically or physiologically similar bacteria. Only one of three filament types in a natural hot spring cyanobacterial mat reacted with this antiserum. Reacting filaments remained antigenically positive deep within the mat in material estimated to be several years old.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Tayne
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cutler
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ward