Influence of feed components on symbiotic bacterial community structure in the gut of the wood-feeding higher termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1244-1251

  Miyata, Ryo ^a,b   Noda, Naohiro ^b   Tamaki, Hideyuki ^b   Kinjyo, Kazuhiko ^c   Aoyagi, Hideki ^a   Uchiyama, Hiroo ^a   Tanaka, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Carbon sources; Higher termite; Nasutitermes takasagoensis; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CLONING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; GENES; GLUCOSE; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMORPHISM; RNA;

CARBON SOURCES; GENE SEQUENCING; HIGHER TERMITES; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES; TERMITIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ISOPTERA; SYMBIOSIS; WOOD;

EID: 34347380949     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60672     Document Type: Article

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