A collection of archaeal 16S rRNA Clone-FISH cultures for probe validation in fluorescence in situ hybridization experiments.

We present a collection of 30 Escherichia coli cultures (Clone-FISH cultures), each carrying a plasmid for the heterologous expression of a (near) full-length 16S rRNA gene from 1 of 30 lineages of archaea, including 17 yet uncultured ones. We make these clones available for use as controls in fluorescence in situ hybridization experiments.