For testing several FISH probes it would be very useful to work with cultures of these organisms (especially for Nitrosococcus and wb1-A12). It would be best to get these cultures from Europe, and even better if they were actively growing.
If you will not find what you are looking for in the bacteria culture collections listed here:
http://www.wfcc.info/index.php/collections/display/
then contact directly the authors of publications that used the genera/species/strains of your interest.
We might have them: ask Kathi Kitzinger. They have them at the Marum too!
The problem auf the nitrifier culture is that they normally not storied in instititions like the DSMZ, because the growing after freezing often not works. So you need active growing cultures.
The microbiology of the University of Hamburg have a unique "Stammsammlung" of nitrifiers. Please ask Andreas Pommerening for the Ammonia oxidizers or Eva Spieck for Nitrite oxidizers.
Cheers,
Tina
Hi Tobias, you might want to ask Holger Daims from the University of Vienna DOME lab, but Kathi should know that as well.
Cheers
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