Insect gut bacterial diversity determined by environmental habitat, diet, developmental stage, and phylogeny of host

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5254-5264

  Yun, Ji Hyun ^a   Roh, Seong Woon ^a,b   Whon, Tae Woong ^a   Jung, Mi Ja ^a   Kim, Min Soo ^a   Park, Doo Sang ^c   Yoon, Changmann ^a   Nam, Young Do ^a   Kim, Yun Ji ^a   Choi, Jung Hye ^a   Kim, Joon Yong ^a   Shin, Na Ri ^a   Kim, Sung Hee ^d,e   Lee, Won Jae ^d,e   Bae, Jin Woo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e National Creative Research Initiative Center for Symbiosystem   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; RNA;

454-PYROSEQUENCING; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HABITAT; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

NUTRITION;

CLASSIFICATION; DOMINANCE; INSECT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECTS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84905922465     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01226-14     Document Type: Article

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