Termite-regulated fungal monoculture in fungus combs of a macrotermitine termite Odontotermes formosanus

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 917-922

  Shinzato, Naoya ^a,c   Muramatsu, Mizuho ^a   Watanabe, Yoshio ^b   Matsui, Toru ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b MERCIAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; ITS; SSU rRNA gene; Termite

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

AGARICALES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ISOPTERA; ODONTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; TERMITOMYCES;

EID: 25444439568     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.917     Document Type: Article

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