Presence of nitrogen fixing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the gut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3297-3300

  Doolittle, Mark ^a   Raina, Ashok ^b   Lax, Alan ^b   Boopathy, Raj ^a  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetogenesis; Anaerobes; Formosan subterranean termite (FST); Klebsiella; Nitrogen fixer

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; NITROGEN;

ACETOGENESIS; ANAEROBES; FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE (FST); KLEBSIELLA; NITROGEN FIXER;

BACTERIA;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FATTY ACID ESTER;

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; NITROGEN;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; TERMITE;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ISOPTERA; KINETICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 38849102495     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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