A culture-based study of the bacterial communities within the guts of nine longicorn beetle species and their exo-enzyme producing properties for degrading xylan and pectin

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 394-401

  Park, Doo Sang ^a   Oh, Hyun Woo ^a   Jeong, Won Jin ^a   Kim, Hyangmi ^a   Park, Ho Yong ^a   Bae, Kyung Sook ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Culture based isolation; Gut bacteria; Longicorn beetle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; ENZYME; PECTIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; XYLAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEETLES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYMES; PECTINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; XYLANS;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COLEOPTERA; CORYMBIA RUBRA; FIRMICUTES; FLAVOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOECHOTYPA DIPHYSIS; MONOCHAMUS ALTERNATUS;

EID: 35649008957     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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