POLYCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO CHLOROSOME PROTEINS AS PROBES FOR GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA

被引:6
作者
CAHILL, AD [1 ]
STOLZ, JF [1 ]
机构
[1] DUQUESNE UNIV,DEPT SCI BIOL,PITTSBURGH,PA 15282
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D O I
10.1128/AEM.61.2.784-787.1995
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We found that polyclonal antibodies raised against chlorosome polypeptides from green sulfur bacteria reacted to Chlorobium tepidum, Chlorobium limicola, and Chlorobium phaeobacteroides but not to Chloroflexus aurantiacus. These antibodies successfully labeled only green sulfur species in marine microbial mat samples. Our results suggest that these antibodies may be useful as immunohistochemical probes.
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页码:784 / 787
页数:4
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