Phylogenetic analysis of the symbiotic intestinal microflora of the termite Cryptotermes domesticus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 389-395

  Ohkuma, Moriya ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteroides; Methanogen; Spirochete; Symbiosis; Termite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; INTESTINE FLORA; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIROCHETE; SYMBIOSIS; TREPONEMA;

BACTEROIDES; CRYPTOTERMES DOMESTICUS; LEUCONOSTOC; METHANOBREVIBACTER; TREPONEMA;

EID: 0032528281     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00244-4     Document Type: Article

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