Symbiosis in subterranean termites: A review of insights from molecular studies

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 378-388

  Husseneder, Claudia ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16S RRNA gene; Bacteria; Cellulase; Gut; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVENTORY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRITION; PEST SPECIES; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPTOTERMES; EUKARYOTA; ISOPTERA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77952716520     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09006     Document Type: Article

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