Diet-related composition of the gut microbiota of Lumbricus rubellus as revealed by a molecular fingerprinting technique and cloning

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2299-2307

  Knapp, B A ^a   Podmirseg, S M ^a   Seeber, J ^a   Meyer, E ^a   Insam, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cloning; Gut microbiota; Microbial community composition; Phylogenetic affiliation; Polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR DGGE); Proteobacteria; Soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

GUT MICROBIOTA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PHYLOGENETIC AFFILIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION-DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (PCR-DGGE); PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL INVERTEBRATES;

ANIMALS; CLONING; DENATURATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GELATION; GELS; LAND USE; MANURES; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIODEGRADATION; CLONE; DIET; DNA; EARTHWORM; FOOD WEB; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SAPROTROPHY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349774209     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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