Molecular profiling of 16S rRNA genes reveals diet-related differences of microbial communities in soil, gut, and casts of Lumbricus terrestris L. (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-197

  Egert, Markus ^a   Marhan, Sven ^b   Wagner, Bianca ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b   Friedrich, Michael W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Earthworm; Multivariate statistical analysis; T RFLP analysis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; EARTHWORM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIODIVERSITY; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EARTHWORM; FEEDING; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GENE INSERTION; INTESTINE; INVERTEBRATE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL MICROFLORA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; OLIGOCHAETA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OTUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 2142825652     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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