Publications

MicrographyImage of FISH probe-labeled TM7 bacteria filaments (blue) in the human oral cavity. All cells are also labeled green with the DNA-binding fluorescent dye YOPRO-1 to provide quantification of all cells in this complex microbial community. 

  • Marcy Y, Ouverney C, Bik EM, Lösekann T, Ivanova N, Martin HG, Szeto E, Platt D, Hugenholtz P, Relman DA, Quake SR. 2007. Dissecting biological "dark matter" with single-cell genetic analysis of rare and uncultivated TM7 microbes from the human mouth. PNAS 104(29): 11889-94
  • Ouverney CC, Armitage GC, and Relman DA. 2004. Use of Cloned Artificial Targets for FISH (catFISH) for the optimization of oligonucleotide probe hybridization conditions with 16S rRNA clones for in situ quantification of uncultivated prokayotic cells. In G. A. Kowalchuk, F. J. de Bruijn, I. M. Head, A. D. L Akkermans, and J. D. van Elsas, editors. Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual, 2nd edition. Chapter 3.12: 727-742-169. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht
  • Ouverney CC and Fuhrman JA. 2004. Correlating single-cell count with function in mixed natural microbial communities through STARFISH. In G. A. Kowalchuk, F. J. de Bruijn, I. M. Head, A. D. L. Akkermans, and J. D. van Elsas, editors. Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual, 2nd edition. Chapter 8.08: 1689-1710. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht
  • Ouverney CC. 1999. Dissecting the Marine bacterioplankton "black box" by type and function through FISH and STARFISH, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Southern California.

  • Kitting CL, Ouverney CC, and Canabal II F. 1993. Small fishes concentrated during the first five years outside an experimental wastewater marsh in San Francisco Bay. Selected proceedings of a Society of Wetland Scientists, Western Chapter. U.C. Davis, CA, March 25-27.