Fungal Community Analysis of Fungus Gardens in Termite Nests

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-252

  Moriya, Shigeharu ^a,b,c   Inoue, Tetsushi ^a,b   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,b   Yaovapa, Taprab ^a,b,d   Johjima, Tohru ^a,b   Suwanarit, Poonpilai ^a,d   Sangwamt, Utaiwan ^a,d   Vongkaluang, Charunee ^a,e   Noparatnaraporn, Napavarn ^a,d   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

cultivation; higher termite; Macrotermes; Microtermes; Odontotermes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750347036     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.243     Document Type: Article

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