RNA-seq reveals cooperative metabolic interactions between two termite-gut spirochete species in co-culture

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1133-1142

  Rosenthal, Adam Z ^a   Matson, Eric G ^a   Eldar, Avigdor ^b   Leadbetter, Jared R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

co culture; RNA Seq; symbiosis; termite gut

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; HYDROGEN; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

CATABOLISM; CELLULOSE; COEVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COCULTURE; EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SYMBIOSIS; TREPONEMA;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA;

EID: 79959616345     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.3     Document Type: Article

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