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Molecular Phylogenetic Diversity of the Bacterial Community in the Gut of the Termite Coptotermes formosanus

Naoya SHINZATOBioconsortia Program Laboratory, Tsukuba Central 6, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST);Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus
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Mizuho MURAMATSUBioconsortia Program Laboratory, Tsukuba Central 6, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Toru MATSUICenter of Molecular Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus
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Yoshio WATANABEBioresource Laboratories, Mercian Corporation
Pages 1145-1155 | Received 24 Jan 2005, Accepted 17 Mar 2005, Published online: 22 May 2014

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