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Improved microscopic identification of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus cells by combining in situ
1Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agriculture Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Letters in Applied Microbiology
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
An oligonucleotide probe was selected from the 16S rRNA gene of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus for specific in situ hybridization. The rhodamine-labelled oligonucleotide probe was used in conjunction with an indirect immunofluorescence procedure based on a specific monoclonal antibody detected with a fluorescein-labelled conjugate. Simultaneous labelling of bacterial cells with the oligonucleotide and antibody probes allows accurate microscopic identification of single cells when isolation and other methods of confirming bacterial identity are not possible.