Non-cultivable microorganisms from symbiotic associations of insects and other hosts

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-48

  Baumann, Paul ^a   Moran, Nancy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Buchnera; Cospeciation; Endosymbionts; Leucine biosynthesis; rRNA phylogeny; Symbiosis; Tryptophan biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; LEUCINE; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; TRYPTOPHAN;

ENDOSYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; APHID; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; INSECT; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030819060     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000239108771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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