Succession of the gut microbiota in the cockroach Blattella germanica

International Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-109

  Carrasco, Purificación ^a   Pérez Cobas, Ana Elena ^b   van de Pol, Claudia ^a   Baixeras, Joaquín ^a   Moya, Andrés ^a,b   Latorre, Amparo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Genomics and Health Area Foundation for the Health and Biomedical of the Community of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Blattella germanica; Cockroach gut microbiota; Ecological succession; Endosymbionts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COCKROACH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COCKROACHES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84907232913     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.212     Document Type: Article

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