Comparison of Euryarchaea strains in the guts and food-soil of the soil-feeding termite Cubitermes fungifaber across different soil types

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3884-3892

  Donovan, S E ^a,d   Purdy, K J ^b   Kane, M D ^c   Eggleton, P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; NUTRITION; RNA; TERMITE RESISTANCE;

GUT PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; TERMINAL-RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (T-RFLP);

MICROBIOLOGY;

RNA 16S;

MICROBIOLOGY;

16S RRNA GENE; ARTICLE; CUBITERMES FUNGIFABER; EURYARCHAEA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOMICROCOCCUS; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NATRONOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SYMBIOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; INTESTINES; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; CUBITERMES; EURYARCHAEOTA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; METHANIMICROCOCCUS; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIOTA; NATRONOCOCCUS;

EID: 3242747697     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.3884-3892.2004     Document Type: Article

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