Diversity of Wolbachia isolated from the Cubitermes sp. affinis subarquatus complex of species (Termitidae), revealed by multigene phylogenies

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-111

  Roy, Virginie ^a   Harry, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Cubitermes; Multigene phylogeny; Soil feeding termite; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

AFFINIS SUBARQUATUS; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUBITERMES; ISOPTERA; TERMITIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 34547402514     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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