Occurrence of fungi in combs of fungus-growing termites (Isoptera: Termitidae, Macrotermitinae)

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1039-1045

  Guedegbe, Herbert J ^a,b   Miambi, Edouard ^a   Pando, Anne ^a   Roman, Jocelyne ^a   Houngnandan, Pascal ^b   Rouland Lefevre, Corinne ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Fungal combs; Fungal communities; ITS; Monocultures; SuPER method; Termite associated fungi

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTUALISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE; TERMITOMYCES; XYLARIA;

EID: 70350574593     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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