Origin and diversity of metabolically active gut bacteria from laboratory-bred larvae of Manduca sexta (Sphingidae, Lepidoptera, Insecta)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7189-7196

  Brinkmann, Nicole ^a   Martens, Rainer ^a   Tebbe, Christoph C ^a  

^a Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; TOBACCO;

BACTERIAL CELLS; CULTIVATION INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER SP; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES; SINGLE-STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CATERPILLAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOBACCO;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; CITROBACTER SEDLAKII; ENTEROBACTER SP.; ENTEROCOCCUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 57149099979     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01464-08     Document Type: Article

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