Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of Bacteroidales members associated with the gut wall of termites

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-218

  Nakajima, Hideaki ^a,b   Hongoh, Yuichi ^a   Noda, Satoko ^c   Yoshida, Yasuhiko ^b   Usami, Ron ^b   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,d   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16s rRNA gene; Bacteroidales; Symbiosis; Termite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; BACTEROIDALES; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE;

TERMITE PROOFING;

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; MEMBRANE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINES; ISOPTERA; MEMBRANES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; ISOPTERA; NEOTERMES KOSHUNENSIS; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS;

EID: 31444452866     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.211     Document Type: Article

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