Diversity, structure, and evolution of the termite gut microbial community

Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 413-438

  Ohkuma, Moriya ^a   Brune, Andreas ^b  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_15     Document Type: Chapter

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