Variations in Diversity and Richness of Gut Bacterial Communities of Termites (Reticulitermes flavipes) Fed with Grassy and Woody Plant Substrates

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 531-536

  Huang, Xing Feng ^a   Bakker, Matthew G ^a   Judd, Timothy M ^b   Reardon, Kenneth F ^c   Vivanco, Jorge M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876109046     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0219-y     Document Type: Article

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