Endosymbiotic bacteria in the esophageal organ of glossiphoniid leeches

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4637-4641

  Kikuchi, Yoshitomo ^a   Fukatsu, Takema ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; RNA;

BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; LEECH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE; LEECH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIONT;

ANIMALS; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; ESOPHAGUS; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HEXAPODA; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036729624     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.9.4637-4641.2002     Document Type: Article

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