Phylogenetic relationships of symbiotic spirochetes in the gut of diverse termites

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-129

  Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,b   Iida, Toshiya ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Phylogeny; Spirochete; Symbiosis; Termite; Treponema

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPIROCHETE; SYMBIOSIS; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIROCHAETACEAE; STOMACH; SYMBIOSIS; TREPONEMA;

ISOPTERA; SPIROCHAETA CALDARIA; SPIROCHAETA STENOSTREPTA; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA BRYANTII;

EID: 0032699956     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00526-1     Document Type: Article

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