Autochthonous bacterial flora indicated by PCR-DGGE of 16S rRNA gene fragments from the alimentary tract of Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1277-1285

  Zhang, H ^a,b   Jackson, T A ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Costelytra zealandica; Insect gut; Microbial community; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL FLORA; COSTELYTRUM ZEALANDICUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FRAGMENTS; INSECT GUT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROFLORAE; PCR-DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROKINESIS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLEOPTERA; COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GRUB; LARVA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLOSTRIDIALES; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLEOPTERA; COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 54049102460     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03867.x     Document Type: Article

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