The gut microflora of Reticulitermes flavipes, its relation to oxygen, and evidence for oxygen-dependent acetogenesis by the most abundant Enterococcus sp.

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-149

  Tholen, Anne ^a   Schink, Bernhard ^a   Brune, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate fermentation; Insect; Intestinal microflora; Lactic acid bacteria; Oxygen; Wood feeding termite

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FERMENTATION; INSECT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOTA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 0030659620     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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