Isolation and characterization of anaerobic bacteria for symbiotic recycling of uric acid nitrogen in the gut of various termites

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-192

  Thong On, Arunee ^a,b   Suzuki, Katsuyuki ^a   Noda, Satoko ^a,c   Inoue, Jun Ichi ^a,d   Kajiwara, Susumu ^b   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d Synaptech Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Nitrogen recycling; Symbiosis; Termite; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; URIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; URIC ACID;

EID: 84862648916     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11325     Document Type: Article

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