Phylogenetic analysis and in situ identification of uncultivated spirochetes from the hindgut of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-73

  Berchtold, Manfred ^a   König, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

In situ hybridisation; PCR; Phylogeny; Small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA); Spirochetes; Termite

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS; SPIROCHAETA STENOSTREPTA; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA;

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA;

EID: 0029873328     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80011-7     Document Type: Article

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