Nest specificity of the bacterial community in termite guts (Hodotermes mossambicus)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-344

  Minkley, N ^a   Fujita, A ^b,c   Brune, A ^b   Kirchner, W H ^a,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacterial symbionts; Gut microbiota; Hodotermes mossambicus; Nestmate recognition; T RFLP analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; NEST; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POLYMORPHISM; RNA; TERMITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HODOTERMES MOSSAMBICUS; ISOPTERA;

EID: 33746540534     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-006-0878-5     Document Type: Article

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