Molecular identification of hemolymph-associated symbiotic bacteria in red imported fire ant larvae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-579

  Gunawan, Stanley ^a   Tufts, Danielle M ^a   Bextine, Blake R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; RNA 16S;

ANT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENUS; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYMBIOSIS; TEXAS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 56949087191     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9245-2     Document Type: Article

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