Phylogeny of not-yet-cultured spirochetes from termite guts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-352

  Paster, B J ^a   Dewhirst, F E ^a   Cooke, S M ^a   Fussing, V ^b   Poulsen, L K ^b,d   Breznak, J A ^c  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Technical University of Denmark ^*  (United States)

^d NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA;

EID: 0030028448     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.347-352.1996     Document Type: Article

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