scholarly journals Whole mount in situ hybridization detection of mRNAs using short LNA containing DNA oligonucleotide probes

RNA ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 632-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. K. Darnell ◽  
S. Stanislaw ◽  
S. Kaur ◽  
P. B. Antin
Fly ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 323-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne VanZomeren-Dohm ◽  
Ellen Flannery ◽  
Molly Duman-Scheel

2004 ◽  
Vol 229 (3) ◽  
pp. 651-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Denkers ◽  
Pilar García-Villalba ◽  
Christopher K. Rodesch ◽  
Kandice R. Nielson ◽  
Teri Jo Mauch

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryohei Ueno

Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) using taxon-specific, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes is one of the most powerful tools for the rapid identification of harmful microorganisms. However, eukaryotic algal cells do not always allow FISH probes to permeate over their cell walls. Members of the pathogenic micro-algal genus Prototheca are characterized by their distinctive cell-wall component, sporopollenin, an extremely tough biopolymer that resists acid and alkaline hydrolysis, enzyme attack, and acetolysis. To our knowledge, there has been no report of the successful permeation by the oligonucleotide probes over the cell walls of unicellular green micro-algae, which contain sporopollenin. The DNA probes passed through the cell wall of Prototheca wickerhamii after treating the algal cells with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Most cells in the middle logarithmic growth phase culture fluoresced when hybridized with the rRNA-targeted universal probe for eukaryotes, though individual cells included in this culture differed in the level of cell-wall vulnerability to attack by the polysaccharide-degrading enzyme, thus reflecting the different stages of the life cycle. This is the first report regarding the visualization of sporopollenin-containing, green micro-algal cells by FISH.


2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. 4035-4043 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lanthier ◽  
B. Tartakovsky ◽  
R. Villemur ◽  
G. DeLuca ◽  
S. R. Guiot

ABSTRACT Oligonucleotide probes were used to study the structure of anaerobic granular biofilm originating from a pentachlorophenol-fed upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor augmented with Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1. Fluorescence in situ hybridization demonstrated successful colonization of anaerobic granules by strain PCP-1. Scattered microcolonies of strain PCP-1 were detected on the biofilm surface after 3 weeks of reactor operation, and a dense outer layer of strain PCP-1 was observed after 9 weeks. Hybridization with probes specific for Eubacteria and Archaea probes showed that Eubacteria predominantly colonized the outer layer, while Archaea were observed in the granule interior. Mathematical simulations showed a distribution similar to that observed experimentally when using a specific growth rate of 2.2 day−1 and a low bacterial diffusion of 10−7 dm2 day−1. Also, the simulations showed that strain PCP-1 proliferation in the outer biofilm layer provided excellent protection of the biofilm from pentachlorophenol toxicity.


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