Identification of uncultured bacteria tightly associated with the intestine of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus (Lumbricidae; Oligochaeta)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1547-1555

  Singleton, David R ^a,c   Hendrix, Paul F ^a,b   Coleman, David C ^a   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bacteria; Intestine; Lumbricus rubellus

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES; RNA; TISSUE;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROKARYOTES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EARTHWORM;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0242659175     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00244-X     Document Type: Article

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