Phylogenetic Diversity, Abundance, and Axial Distribution of Bacteria in the Intestinal Tract of Two Soil-Feeding Termites (Cubitermes spp.)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6007-6017

  Schmitt Wagner, Dirk ^a   Friedrich, Michael W ^b   Wagner, Bianca ^b   Brune, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HYDROGEN; SOILS;

AXIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RNA 16S;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTEROIDES; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANCTOMYCETALES; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINES; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CUBITERMES; CYTOPHAGA; FLEXIBACTER; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; ISOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA; ORTHOGNATHUS; PLANCTOMYCETALES; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETALES; TERMITIDAE; TERMITINAE;

EID: 0142136145     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6007-6017.2003     Document Type: Article

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