Benzoic acid-degrading bacteria from the intestinal tract of Macrotermes michaelseni Sjöstedt

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-92

  Ngugi, David Kamanda ^a,b   Tsanuo, Muniru Khamis ^a   Boga, Hamadi Iddi ^a,b  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzoic acid and biodegradation; Enterobacter; Macrotermes; Stenotrophomonas; Termites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES MICHAELSENI; RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS ACIDAMINIPHILA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BENZOIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BENZOIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 34249934013     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200610142     Document Type: Article

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