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Two decades of fluorescence in situ hybridization in systematic and applied microbiology

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Amann,  R.
Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Moraru,  C.
Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Amann, R., & Moraru, C. (2012). Two decades of fluorescence in situ hybridization in systematic and applied microbiology. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 35, 483-384.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-C784-9
Abstract
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) nowadays is among the more important and wide-spread molecular tools used to characterize the microorganisms present in environmental samples. Its importance stems from the fact that nucleic acid probing can be combined with microscopy to identify microorganisms at the single cell level in their natural habitats. This not only allows for localization and quantification of cell numbers, but it provides the necessary (and sometimes only) proof that not yet cultivated Bacteria and Archaea really exist as living cells, and are not only “molecular ghosts” predicted by comparative sequence analysis or fingerprinting.