TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide probes used for FISH

Probe	Target species	Probe sequence (5′-3′)	Target site	Reference
EUB338	Bacteria	GCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT	16S rRNA	1
PseaerA	P. aeruginosa	GGTAACCGTCCCCCTTGC	16S rRNA	Trebesius et al., submitted
PseaerB	P. aeruginosa	TCTCGGCCTTGAAACCCC	23S rRNA	Trebesius et al., submitted
Stemal	S. maltophilia	GTCGTCCAGTATCCACTGC	16S rRNA	Present study
Burcep	B. cepacia	CTGTGCGCCGGTTCTCTT	16S rRNA	Present study
Burkho	Burkholderia spp.	ACCCTCTGTTCCGACCAT	16S rRNA	Present study
Haeinf	H. influenzae	CCGCACTTTCATCTTCCG	16S rRNA	Present study
Staaur	S. aureus	GAAGCAAGCTTCTCGTCCG	16S rRNA	Trebesius et al., submitted
Caal	C. albicans	GCCAAGGCTTATACTCGCT	18S rRNA	9
Strpyo	Streptococcus pyogenes	CTAACATGCGTTAGTCTCTC	16S rRNA	Trebesius et al., submitted
BET42a	Beta subclass of Proteobacteria	GCCTTCCCACTTCGTTT	16S rRNAa	10

^aUnlabeled probe BET42a was added to hybridization buffer to reduce nonspecific binding of labeled oligonucleotide probes.