Phylogenetic relationships of symbiotic methanogens in diverse termites

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Ohkuma, Moriya ^a   Noda, Satoko ^a,b   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Methanogen; Phylogeny; Symbiosis; Termite

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; INSECT; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOPTERA; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0033042916     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00593-X     Document Type: Article

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