Diversity of gut bacteria of Reticulitermes flavipes as examined by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and amplified rDNA restriction analysis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-259

  Fisher, Marc ^a   Miller, Dini ^b   Brewster, Carlyle ^b   Husseneder, Claudia ^c   Dickerman, Allan ^d  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ARDRA; Bacteria; rRNA; Symbionts; Termites

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDES; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RIBOTYPING; SPIROCHETE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; ISOPTERA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 34547743179     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-0136-8     Document Type: Article

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