Phylogenetic diversity of the intestinal bacterial community in the termite Reticulitermes speratus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 461-468

  Ohkuma, Moriya ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0030031972     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.461-468.1996     Document Type: Article

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