With the quantity of genomic data increasing at an exponential rate, it is imperative that
these data be captured electronically, in a standard format. Standardization activities must …

Publisher Summary The chapter discusses the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with
rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes, and describes probe designing and testing. …

SILVA (from Latin silva, forest, http://www.arb-silva.de ) is a comprehensive web resource for
up to date, quality-controlled databases of aligned ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences …

SILVA (from Latin silva, forest, http://www.arb-silva.de ) is a comprehensive resource for up-to-date
quality-controlled databases of aligned ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences from …

Publicly available sequence databases of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, also
known as 16S rRNA in bacteria and archaea, are growing rapidly, and the number of entries …

The signing authors together with the journal Systematic and Applied Microbiology (SAM)
have started an ambitious project that has been conceived to provide a useful tool especially …

Background In the emerging field of environmental genomics, direct cloning and sequencing
of genomic fragments from complex microbial communities has proven to be a valuable …

The fraction of planktonic bacteria in oligo- and mesotrophic lakes that can be classified by in
situ hybridization has been significantly increased with an optimized protocol. By the use of …

10.7554/eLife.11888.001 A process of global importance in carbon cycling is the remineralization
of algae biomass by heterotrophic bacteria, most notably during massive marine algae …

The “All-Species Living Tree Project” (LTP) provides the scientific community with a useful
taxonomic tool consisting of a curated database of type strain sequences, a universal and …