Inter- and intraspeci¢c comparison of the bacterial assemblages in the hindgutof humivorous scarab beetle larvae (Pachnoda spp.)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 439-449

  Andert, Janet ^a   Marten, Andreas ^b   Brandl, Roland ^b   Brune, Andreas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Biology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Gut microbiota; Host specificity; Insects; Microbial diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; FECAL PELLET; HOST SPECIFICITY; LARVA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH CONTENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLOSTRIDIA; COLEOPTERA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; HEXAPODA; PACHNODA; PACHNODA MARGINATA; SCARABAEIDAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEETLES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649341582     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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