Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase and other meta-cleavage catabolic pathway genes in the 'anaerobic' termite gut spirochete Treponema primitia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1531-1543

  Lucey, Kaitlyn S ^a   Leadbetter, Jared R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatic metabolism; catechol 2,3 dioxygenase; meta cleavage pathway; spirochete; symbiosis; termite hindgut microbial community

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; ISOPTERA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PRIMITIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; AROMATIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; META-CLEAVAGE PATHWAY; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPIROCHETE; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE HINDGUT MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TREPONEMA;

AROMATIC METABOLISM; CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; META-CLEAVAGE PATHWAY; SPIROCHETE; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE HINDGUT MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; ISOPTERA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TREPONEMA;

EID: 84896334113     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12598     Document Type: Article

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