Bacterial density and community structure associated with aggregate size fractions of soil-feeding termite mounds

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-199

  Fall, S ^a   Nazaret, S ^b   Chotte, J L ^a   Brauman, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; TERMITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUBITERMES; CUBITERMES NIOKOLOENSIS; ISOPTERA;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ISOPTERA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15244362529     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1047-2     Document Type: Article

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