Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic basidiomycetes of fungus-growing termites in thailand and their relationship with the Host

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1159-1163

  Taprab, Yaovapa ^a,c   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,b   Johjima, Toru ^a,b   Maeda, Yoshimasa ^a   Moriya, Shigeharu ^a,b,d   Inoue, Tetsushi ^a,b   Suwanarit, Poonpilai ^c   Noparatnaraporn, Napavarn ^c   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b,d  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete; Phylogeny; Symbiosis; Termite; Termitomyces

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; MYXOGASTRIA; TERMITOMYCES;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SYMBIOSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 0036560165     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1159     Document Type: Article

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