'Candidatus Arthromitus' revised: Segmented filamentous bacteria in arthropod guts are members of Lachnospiraceae

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1454-1465

  Thompson, Claire L ^a   Vier, Rahel ^a   Mikaelyan, Aram ^a   Wienemann, Tobias ^a   Brune, Andreas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACILLUS CEREUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISOPTERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS; CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS SP. SFB-MOUSE; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; ISOPTERA; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861954448     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02731.x     Document Type: Article

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