Diversity of nitrogen fixation genes in the symbiotic intestinal microflora of the termite Reticulitermes speratus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2747-2752

  Ohkuma, Moriya ^a   Noda, Satoko ^a,b   Usami, Ron ^b   Horikoshi, Koki ^b   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; GENE SEQUENCE; INSECT; INTESTINE FLORA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0029765445     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2747-2752.1996     Document Type: Article

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