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Phylogenetic diversity of termite gut spirochaetes.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 1999
Lilburn T G, Schmidt T M, Breznak J A
Abstract excerpt
A molecular phylogenetic analysis was done of not-yet-cultured spirochaetes inhabiting the gut of the termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar). Ninety-eight clones of near-full-length spirochaetal 16S rDNA genes were classified by ARDRA pattern and by partial sequencing. All clones grouped within the genus Treponema, and at least 21 new species of Treponema were recognized within R. flavipes alone. Analysis of...
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