Comparison of bacterial communities in the alkaline gut segment among various species of higher termites

Extremophiles

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-238

  Thongaram, Taksawan ^a,b   Hongoh, Yuichi ^a   Kosono, Saori ^a   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,c   Trakulnaleamsai, Savitr ^b   Noparatnaraporn, Napavarn ^b   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,d  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Alkaline environment; Biodiversity; Enrichment; Phylogenetic analysis; T RFLP; Termite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACILLI; CLOSTRIDIA; FIRMICUTES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 21744448177     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-005-0440-9     Document Type: Article

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