Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus-growing termites

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4631-4644

  Otani, Saria ^a   Mikaelyan, Aram ^b   Nobre, Tânia ^c,f   Hansen, Lars H ^d,g   Koné, N'Golo A ^e   Sørensen, Søren J ^d   Aanen, Duur K ^c   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Brune, Andreas ^b   Poulsen, Michael ^a  

^a Centre for Social Evolution   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

16S rRNA pyrosequencing; Bacterial community; Gut microbiota; Macrotermitinae; Symbiosis; Termitomyces

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA PYROSEQUENCING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITOMYCES;

16S RRNA PYROSEQUENCING; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; GUT MICROBIOTA; MACROTERMITINAE; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITOMYCES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84908090545     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12874     Document Type: Article

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