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However, since the turn of the century, an increasing number of laboratories have started to move on to the more robust DNA mimics methods, most notably peptide and locked nucleic acids (PNA and LNA). In this review, we will cover the state-of-the-art of the different DNA mimics in regard to their application as efficient markers for the presence of individual microbial cells, and consider their potential advantages and pitfalls. Available PNA probes are then reassessed in terms of sensitivity and specificity using rRNA databases. In addition, we also attempt to predict the applicability of DNA mimics in well-known techniques attempting to detect in situ low number of copies of specific nucleic acid sequences such as catalyzed reporter deposition (CARD) and recognition of individual genes (RING) FISH.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms9101944","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,10,22]],"date-time":"2008-10-22T11:26:00Z","timestamp":1224674760000},"page":"1944-1960","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":93,"title":["DNA Mimics for the Rapid Identification of Microorganisms by Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Laura","family":"Cerqueira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Nuno F.","family":"Azevedo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal"},{"name":"Environmental Healthcare Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK"}]},{"given":"Carina","family":"Almeida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal"},{"name":"Environmental Healthcare Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK"}]},{"given":"Tatiana","family":"Jardim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Charles William","family":"Keevil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Environmental Healthcare Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK"}]},{"given":"Maria J.","family":"Vieira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057, Braga, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,10,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"114","DOI":"10.1258\/0004563021901865","article-title":"Stains, labels and detection strategies for nucleic acids assays","volume":"39","author":"Kricka","year":"2002","journal-title":"Ann. 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