Treponema isoptericolens sp. nov., a novel spirochaete from the hindgut of the termite Incisitermes tabogae

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1079-1083

  Dröge, Stefan ^a,b   Rachel, Reinhard ^c   Radek, Renate ^d   König, Helmut ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Prüf und Forschungsinstitut Pirmasens eV   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RNA 16S; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; INCISITERMES TABOGAE; ISOPTERA; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA ISOPTERICOLENS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

INCISITERMES; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; SPIROCHAETA; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PRIMITIA; TREPONEMA SP.;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CELLULOSE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREPONEMA;

EID: 47049095929     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64699-0     Document Type: Article

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