Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Endosymbionts of Herbivorous Insects Reveals Eco-Environmental Adaptations: Biotechnology Applications

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shi, Weibing ^a   Xie, Shangxian ^a,b   Chen, Xueyan ^a   Sun, Su ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Liu, Lantao ^a   Gao, Peng ^a   Kyrpides, Nikos C ^c   No, En Gyu ^a   Yuan, Joshua S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSIDASE; RNA 16S; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAELIFERA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTWORM; DETOXIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENERGY YIELD; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FIBER; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GENOMICS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METAGENOME; MICROBIOME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRASSHOPPERS; HERBIVORY; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84873494410     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003131     Document Type: Article

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