Review article: The flagellates of the Australian termite Mastotermes darwiniensis: Identification of their symbiotic bacteria and cellulases

Symbiosis

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 51-65

  König, Helmut ^a   Fröhlich, Jürgen ^a   Li, Li ^a   Wenzel, Marika ^a   Berchtold, Manfred ^a   Dröge, Stefan ^a   Breunig, Alfred ^b,c   Pfeiffer, Peter ^a   Radek, Renate ^d   Brugerolle, Guy ^e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c FU Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cellulases; Flagellates; Intestinal microbiota; Mastotermes; Movement symbiosis; Termites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLATE; HYDROLYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SALIVA; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRISTAMONADIDA; DELTOTRICHONYMPHA NANA; DELTOTRICHONYMPHA OPERCULATA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; KORUGA BONITA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MASTOTERMES; MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS; MASTOTERMITIDAE; METADEVESCOVINA EXTRANEA; MIXOTRICHA PARADOXA; OXYMONADIDA; PARABASALIDEA; PENTATRICHOMONOIDES SCROA; PREAXOSTYLA; PROKARYOTA; SPIROTRICHONYMPHIDA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHONYMPHIDA;

EID: 34347336279     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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