16S ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) amplicon analysis remains the standard approach for the
cultivation-independent investigation of microbial diversity. The accuracy of these analyses …

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has become a main focus in oceanography
and wastewater treatment 1 , 2 . It is also the nitrogen cycle's major remaining biochemical …

probeBase is a curated database of annotated rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and
supporting information. Rapid access to probe, microarray and reference data is achieved by …

Marine sponges contain complex bacterial communities of considerable ecological and
biotechnological importance, with many of these organisms postulated to be specific to sponge …

Sponges (class Porifera) are evolutionarily ancient metazoans that populate the tropical
oceans in great abundances but also occur in temperate regions and even in freshwater. …

Free-living amoebae are important predators that control microbial communities. They are
ubiquitous and have been isolated from various natural sources such as soil, freshwater, salt …

In the rRNA-based tree of life four bacterial phyla, comprising the Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia,
Chlamydiae and Lentisphaerae, form together with the candidate phyla Poribacteria …

Chlamydiae are the major cause of preventable blindness and sexually transmitted disease.
Genome analysis of a chlamydia-related symbiont of free-living amoebae revealed that it is …

Ribosomal RNA-(rRNA)-targeted oligonucleotide probes are widely used for culture-independent
identification of microorganisms in environmental and clinical samples. ProbeBase is …

Abstract Treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor
imatinib represents a successful application of molecularly targeted cancer therapy. A rapid …