A feasible role of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the termite gut

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-149

  Kuhnigk, Thomas ^a   Branke, Jürgen ^a   Krekeler, Daniel ^b   Cypionka, Heribert ^b   König, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio; Intestinal tract; Sulfate reduction; Termites

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FORMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG OXIDATION; INSECT; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029741675     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80039-7     Document Type: Article

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