Termite hindguts and the ecology of microbial communities in the sequencing age

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 421-428

  Tai, Vera ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; high throughput; oxymonad; parabasalia; protist; single cell; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COCKROACH; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PROTIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; COCKROACH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYMONADIDA; PARABASALIA; PROTIST; SINGLE-CELL; SYMBIOSIS;

DIVERSITY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; OXYMONAD; PARABASALIA; PROTIST; SINGLE-CELL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; COCKROACHES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTA; ISOPTERA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; EUKARYOTA; ISOPTERA; OXYMONADIDA; PARABASALIDEA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84879793997     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12048     Document Type: Article

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