Isolation of Desulfovibrio intestinalis sp. nov. from the hindgut of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-152

  Fröhlich, Jürgen ^a   Sass, Henrik ^b   Babenzien, Hans Dietrich ^b   Kuhnigk, Thomas ^c   Varma, Ajit ^d   Saxena, Shailendra ^d   Nalepa, Christine ^e   Pfeiffer, Peter ^a   König, Helmut ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Gewasserokologie/B   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio; Intestinal flora; Termite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFITE; THIOSULFATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO INTESTINALIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DESULFOVIBRIO; INTESTINES; ISOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032769841     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-45-2-145     Document Type: Article

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