Phylogenetic analysis of the gut bacterial microflora of the fungus-growing termite Odontotermes formosanus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 906-915

  Shinzato, Naoya ^a,b   Muramatsu, Mizuho ^b   Matsui, Toru ^a   Watanabe, Yoshio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c MERCIAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteria; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Symbiosis; Termite

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FUNGI; POLYMORPHISM; RNA;

FIRMICUTES; ODONTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; PHYLOGENETICALLY ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; ODONTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 34247529069     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60540     Document Type: Article

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