An Alkaliphilic and Xylanolytic Paenibacillus Species Isolated from the Gut of a Soil-Feeding Termite

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-151

  Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,b   Shimizu, Hajime ^a,c   Thongaram, Taksawan ^a,d   Kosono, Saori ^a,b   Moriya, Kazuhito ^c   Trakulnaleamsai, Savitr ^d   Noparatnaraporn, Napavarn ^d   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b,e  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Sugar Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alkaliphile; Paenibacillus; symbiosis; termite; xylanase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008957911     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.18.145     Document Type: Article

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