Table 1.
Fluorescence in situ hybridisation probes
| Name | Target | Reference No |
| Eub338 | Virtually all Bacteria, Kingdom (Eu)Bacteria | 9 |
| Alf1b | Alpha group of Proteobacteria: Rhodobacter, Acetobacter, Paracoccus, | 10 |
| Beta42a | Beta subclass of Proteobacteria: Rhodocyclus, Bordetella, Neisseria, Thiobacillus, Alcaligenes, and other | 10 |
| Gam42a | Gamma subclass of Proteobacteria: Enterobacteriaceae, Proteus, Legionella, Azotobacter | 10 |
| Ec1531 | Escherichia coli | 11 |
| Srb385 | Sulphate reducing bacteria | 12 |
| Hpy-1 | Helicobacter pylori epsilon subclass of Proteobacteria | 13 |
| Arc1430 | Arcobacter sp epsilon subclass of Proteobacteria | 8 |
| HGC | Gram positive bacteria with high G+C content: Actinobacteria | 14 |
| LGC | Gram positive bacteria with low G+C content: Firmicutes | 15 |
| Sfb | Segmented filamentous bacteria | 16 |
| Erec482 | Clostridium coccoides-Eubacterium rectale group | 17 |
| Chis150 | Clostridium histolyticum group | 17 |
| Clit135 | Clostridium. lituseburense group | 17 |
| Lab158 | Lactobacillus and Enterococcus group | 18 |
| Strc493 | Streptococcus | 17 |
| Ecyl | Eubacterium biforme, Clostridium innocuum, and other | 19 |
| Phasco | Acidaminococcus fermentans and other | 19 |
| Veil | Veillonella group | 19 |
| Rbvo,Rfla | Ruminococcus flavefaciens, Clostridium leptum | 19 |
| Bif164 | Bifidobacterium | 20 |
| Ato291 | Atopobium, Coriobacterium, Eggerthell, and Collinsella spp | 21 |
| CF319a | Cytophaga-Flavobacterium group | 22 |
| Bac303 | Bacteroides/Prevotella group | 22 |
| Bfra602 | Bacteroides fragilis group | 17 |
| Bdis656 | Bacteroides distasonis group | 17 |
| Fprau645 | Fusobacterium prausnitzii group | 23 |
| Non338 | Nonsense probe was used to test for non-specific binding | 10 |