Occurrence of rhizobia in the gut of the higher termite Nasutitermes nigriceps

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-74

  Fröhlich, Jürgen ^a   Koustiane, Christine ^b   Kämpfer, Peter ^c   Rosselló Mora, Ramón ^d   Valens, Maria ^d   Berchtold, Manfred ^a   Kuhnigk, Thomas ^b   Hertel, Horst ^e   Maheshwari, Dinesh K ^f   König, Helmut ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^e BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^f GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ensifer; Intestinal flora; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobia; Termites

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENSIFER ADHAERENS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NASUTITERMES NIGRICEP; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENSIFER; ENSIFER ADHAERENS; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES NIGRICEPS; NEGIBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 33845697058     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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