The motility symbiont of the termite gut flagellate Caduceia versatilis is a member of the "Synergistes" group

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6270-6276

  Hongoh, Yuichi ^a   Sato, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Dolan, Michael F ^c   Noda, Satoko ^a   Ui, Sadaharu ^b   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLONING; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PROBES; RNA;

ECTOSYMBIONT; ECTOSYMBIOTIC BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH); MOTILITY SYMBIONT; TERMITE GUT FLAGELLATE CADUCEIA VERSATILIS;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; FLAGELLATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTILITY; RNA; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDALES; CADUCEIA VERSATILIS; CELL MOTILITY; FLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYMBIONT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLAGELLA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINES; ISOPTERA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDETES PHYLUM; CADUCEIA; CADUCEIA VERSATILIS; CRYPTOTERMES CAVIFRONS; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SYNERGISTES;

EID: 35148826387     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00750-07     Document Type: Article

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