In vitro and in vivo sulfate reduction in the gut contents of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis and the rose-chafer Pachnoda marginata

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 57-64

  Dröge, Stefan ^a   Limper, Uta ^a   Emtiazi, Farahnaz ^a   Schönig, Inge ^a   Pavlus, Natalija ^a   Drzyzga, Oliver ^b   Fischer, Ulrich ^b   König, Helmut ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio; Insect gut; Mastotermes darwiniensis; Pachnoda marginata; Sulfate reduction; Sulfur species

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEETLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO INTESTINALIS; DESULFOVIBRIO MARGINATA; DNA SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

COLEOPTERA; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO INTESTINALIS; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS; PACHNODA MARGINATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; DESULFOVIBRIO; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ISOPTERA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFATES;

EID: 21244475998     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.51.57     Document Type: Article

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