Ascomycete diversity in soil-feeding termite nests and soils from a tropical rainforest

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 462-469

  Roose Amsaleg, Céline ^a   Brygoo, Yves ^b   Harry, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; GABON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GABON; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1942539983     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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