Probe

Probe sequence (5’à3’)

Targeted species

Fluorescent

dye

Reference

Bac303

CCA ATG TGG GGG ACC TT

most Bacteroidaceae and Prevotellaceae,

some Porphyromonadaceae

Cy5

Manz et al. [21]

Bif164

CAT CCG GCA TTA CCA CCC

Bifidobacterium spp.

Cy3

Langendijk et al. [22]

Fprau645

CCT CTG CAC TAC TCA AGA AAA AC

Fusobacterium prausnitzii and relatives

Cy3

Suau et al. [23]

Ebac1790

CGT GTT TGC ACA GTG CTG

Enterobacteriaceae

Cy5

Bohnert et al. [24]

Eub338

GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT

most Bacteria

FITC

Amann et al. [25]

NonEub338

ACT CCT ACG GGA GGC AGC

control probe

Wallner et al. [26]