The termite group I phylum is highly diverse and widespread in the environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6682-6685

  Herlemann, Daniel P R ^a   Geissinger, Oliver ^a   Brune, Andreas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

COCKROACHES; ENDOSYMBIONTS; PHYLUM; TERMITE GROUP I (TG-1);

BACTERIA;

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COCKROACH; DATA SET; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; COCKROACH; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLAGELLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

EID: 35448958962     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00712-07     Document Type: Article

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