The bacterial microbiota of Stolotermes ruficeps (Stolotermitidae), a phylogenetically basal termite endemic to New Zealand

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 678-688

  Reid, Nicola M ^a   Addison, Sarah L ^a   West, Mark A ^a   Lloyd Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active bacteria; Bio refinery; Core phylotypes; Lignocellulose

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ISOPTERA; STOLOTERMES;

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOTA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84914812757     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12424     Document Type: Article

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