Bacterial microbiota associated with ants of the genus Tetraponera

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-412

  Stoll, Sascha ^a   Gadau, Jürgen ^b   Gross, Roy ^a   Feldhaar, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Formicidae; Gut flora; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobiales; Symbiosis; TGGE

Indexed keywords

ANT; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; RNA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; RHIZOBIALES; TETRAPONERA; TETRAPONERA PILOSA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 33847228418     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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