Gut wall bacteria of earthworms: A natural selection process

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-366

  Thakuria, Dwipendra ^a   Schmidt, Olaf ^a   Finan, Dillon ^a   Egan, Damian ^a   Doohan, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecological group; Intestinal microbiology; Invertebrate; Lumbricidae; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

BACTERIUM; BURROWING; EARTHWORM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL SELECTION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FAUNA; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; HORDEUM; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77149135768     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.124     Document Type: Article

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