Characterization of abundance and diversity of lactic acid bacteria in the hindgut of wood- and soil-feeding termites by molecular and culture- dependent techniques

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 126-137

  Bauer, Sabine ^a   Tholen, Anne ^b   Overmann, Jörg ^a   Brune, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Bis benzimide polyethylene glycol electrophoresis; Culturability; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Insects; Intestinal microflora; Lactic acid bacteria; Molecular fingerprinting; Termites

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES, RRNA; INTESTINES; ISOPTERA; LACTIC ACID; LACTOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; VARIATION (GENETICS); WOOD;

EID: 0033971705     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002039900120     Document Type: Article

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