Arthromitus (Bacillus cereus) symbionts in the cockroach Blaberus giganteus: Dietary influences on bacterial development and population density

Symbiosis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-123

  Feinberg, Lawrence ^a   Jorgensen, Jeremy ^a   Haselton, Aaron ^a   Pitt, Alison ^a   Rudner, Rivka ^b   Margulis, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Cellulose diet; Drug resistance; Intestinal symbionts; Motility pattern formation; Segmented filamentous bacteria; Spore forming bacteria; Symbiotic bacilli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MORPHOLOGY; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULOSE; DIET; GENETIC STRAIN; HINDGUT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYMBIOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

BACTERIUM; COCKROACH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELLULOSE; COCKROACHES; DARKNESS; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; INTESTINES; PHOTOPERIOD; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; BLABERUS GIGANTEUS; BLATTARIA; CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS; CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS SP. SFB-MOUSE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COENIA; CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS; DIPLOPODA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; JUNONIA COENIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAENIBACILLUS ALVEI; PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 0033381218     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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