Table 1

 Fluorescence in situ hybridisation probes

NameTargetReference No
Eub338Virtually all Bacteria, Kingdom (Eu)Bacteria9
Alf1bAlpha group of Proteobacteria: Rhodobacter, Acetobacter, Paracoccus,10
Beta42aBeta subclass of Proteobacteria: Rhodocyclus, Bordetella, Neisseria, Thiobacillus, Alcaligenes, and other10
Gam42aGamma subclass of Proteobacteria: Enterobacteriaceae, Proteus, Legionella, Azotobacter10
Ec1531 Escherichia coli 11
Srb385Sulphate reducing bacteria12
Hpy-1Helicobacter pylori epsilon subclass of Proteobacteria13
Arc1430Arcobacter sp epsilon subclass of Proteobacteria8
HGCGram positive bacteria with high G+C content: Actinobacteria14
LGCGram positive bacteria with low G+C content: Firmicutes15
Sfb Segmented filamentous bacteria 16
Erec482Clostridium coccoides-Eubacterium rectale group17
Chis150Clostridium histolyticum group17
Clit135Clostridium. lituseburense group17
Lab158Lactobacillus and Enterococcus group18
Strc493 Streptococcus 17
EcylEubacterium biforme, Clostridium innocuum, and other19
PhascoAcidaminococcus fermentans and other19
Veil Veillonella group 19
Rbvo,RflaRuminococcus flavefaciens, Clostridium leptum19
Bif164 Bifidobacterium 20
Ato291Atopobium, Coriobacterium, Eggerthell, and Collinsella spp21
CF319aCytophaga-Flavobacterium group22
Bac303Bacteroides/Prevotella group22
Bfra602Bacteroides fragilis group17
Bdis656Bacteroides distasonis group17
Fprau645Fusobacterium prausnitzii group23
Non338Nonsense probe was used to test for non-specific binding10