Next-generation sequencing sheds light on intricate regulation of insect gut microbiota

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 5908-5910

  Fukatsu, Takema ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

co evolution; gut bacteria; host symbiont interactions; Pyrrhocoris apterus; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMIPTERA; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMIPTERA; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS;

EID: 84870928436     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12090     Document Type: Review

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