Effect of Temporal Sample Preservation on the Molecular Study of a Complex Microbial Community in the Gut of the Termite Microcerotermes sp

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-85

  Deevong, Pinsurang ^a,b   Hongoh, Yuichi ^a,c   Inoue, Tetsushi ^a,c   Trakulnaleamsai, Savitr ^b   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,c,d   Noparatnaraporn, Napavarn ^b   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA; microbial community structure; preservation; symbiosis; termite

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249097551     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.21.78     Document Type: Article

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