TABLE 5.

Specificity of probe ProCo-1264

Strain	Eub-338 signal	ProCo-1264 datab
		RPFa(% Eub-338 signal)	% Hybridization (mean ± SD)
P. productus DSM 2950	+	79.9 ± 2.2	92.0 ± 0.3
P. productus DSM 3507	+	81.3 ± 0.7	91.9 ± 0.8
P. productus ATCC 27340	+	110.9 ± 2.5	90.4 ± 0.3
C. coccoides ATCC 29236	+	65.0 ± 2.9	74.3 ± 6.6
C. coccoides strain 3110 (28)	+	16.2 ± 1.6	0
R. callidus ATCC 27760	+	13.2 ± 1.3	0
Ruminococcus hansenii DSM 20583	+	3.7 ± 0.0	0
Ruminococcus obeum ATCC 29174	+	2.7 ± 0.2	0

^aRPF, relative probe fluorescence.

^bData are means ± SD.