Intracolony variation of bacterial gut microbiota among castes and ages in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes gilvus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 505-516

  Hongoh, Y ^a,b   Ekpornprasit, L ^c   Inoue, T ^a   Moriya, S ^a,b,d   Trakulnaleamsai, S ^c   Ohkuma, M ^b,e   Noparatnaraporn, N ^c   Kudo, T ^a,b,d  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Gut bacteria; Macrotermes; Polyethism; Symbiosis; Termite

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BASIDIOMYCETES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES GILVUS; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITOMYCES;

EID: 33645051226     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02795.x     Document Type: Article

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