Isolation and characterization of enteric bacteria from the hindgut of Formosan termite

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1592-1598

  Adams, Leith ^a   Boopathy, Raj ^a  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic profile; Enteric bacteria; FAME analysis; SDS PAGE; Termites

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FATTY ACIDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITION; PH EFFECTS;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CELLULOSE DIGESTION; FORMOSAN TERMITES; TERMITE SPECIES;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; SCAVENGER;

BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOG ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITROBACTER FARMERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER ANALYSIS; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPECIES INVASION; SPIROCHETE; UNITED STATES;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ISOPTERA; SYMBIOSIS;

CITROBACTER FARMERI; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ISOPTERA; PROTOZOA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 20544465382     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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