Isolation and Characterization of Aromatics-degrading Microorganisms from the Gut of the Lower Termite Coptoterme

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 889-892

  Harazono, Koichi ^a   Yamashita, Naoko ^b   Shinzato, Naoya ^a   Watanabe, Yoshio ^b   Fukatsu, Takema ^a   Kurane, Ryuichiro ^a,c  

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

^b MERCIAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KUBOTA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic compound; Burkholderia sp.; Citrobacter sp.; Coptotermes formosanus; Termite

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; VANILLIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AEROBIOSIS; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZALDEHYDES; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; INTESTINES; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; CITROBACTER; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0041819533     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.889     Document Type: Article

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