Microbial Community Diversity in the Gut of the South American Termite Cornitermes cumulans (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-204

  Grieco, Maria Angela B ^a   Cavalcante, Janaina J V ^a   Cardoso, Alexander M ^a   Vieira, Ricardo P ^b   Machado, Ednildo A ^b   Clementino, Maysa M ^c   Medeiros, Marcelo N ^a   Albano, Rodolpho M ^e   Garcia, Eloi S ^a,d   de Souza, Wanderley ^a,b   Constantino, Reginaldo ^f   Martins, Orlando B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c National Institute for Quality Control in Health   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CORNITERMES CUMULANS; CRENARCHAEOTA; FIBROBACTERES; FIRMICUTES; ISOPTERA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 84872351807     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0119-6     Document Type: Article

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