Formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase gene diversity in the guts of higher termites with different diets and lifestyles

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3461-3467

  Ottesen, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Leadbetter, Jared R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING STRATEGIES; FIRMICUTES; GENE DIVERSITY; KEY ENZYMES; LARGE GROUPS; MICROBIOTAS; SYNTHETASES; TERMITE GUT; TERMITE SPECIES;

GENES; RECOVERY;

FEEDING;

FORMATE TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE;

COCKROACH; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFESTYLE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OMNIVORY; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOPTERA; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORMATE-TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; ISOPTERA; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMITERMES; BLATTARIA; FIRMICUTES; GNATHAMITERMES; ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES; NASUTITERMES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 79958205932     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02657-10     Document Type: Article

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