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Short Communication

Comparative screening of endosymbiotic bacteria associated with the asexual and sexual lineages of the termite Glyptotermes nakajimai

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Pages 55-58 | Received 04 Feb 2019, Accepted 05 Mar 2019, Published online: 20 Mar 2019

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