Isolation and identification of three species of bacteria from the termite Coptotermes curvignathus (Holmgren) present in the vicinity of University Putra Malaysia

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-292

  Ramin, M ^a   Alimon, A R ^a   Abdullah, N ^a   Panandam, J M ^a   Sijam, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biolog reader; Gut bacteria; Higher and lower termite; Identification; Isolation; Lignocellulose

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVIBACTER; COPTOTERMES CURVIGNATHUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES GILVUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 41949088829     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2008.288.292     Document Type: Article

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