The role of host phylogeny varies in shaping microbial diversity in the hindguts of lower termites

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1059-1070

  Tai, Vera ^a,e   James, Erick R ^a   Nalep, Christine A ^b   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^c   Perlman, Steve J ^d,e   Keelinga, Patrick J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; RNA;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ACQUISITION; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION; VARIABLE REGIONS;

BACTERIA;

COCKROACH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HERITABILITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BLATTARIA; CRYPTOCERCUS; CRYPTOCERCUS PUNCTULATUS; ISOPTERA; MOLLICUTES; OXYMONADIDA; PARABASALIDEA; PROTISTA; SPIROCHAETES; SPIROTRICHONYMPHIDA; SYNERGISTES; TRICHONYMPHIDA; ARCHAEA;

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCKROACH; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLLICUTES; PARABASALIA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCKROACHES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARABASALIDEA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TENERICUTES;

EID: 84921342017     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02945-14     Document Type: Article

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