Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Authors: | Y. Taprab, Ohkuma, M., Johjima, T., Maeda, Y., Moriya, S., Inoue, T., Suwanarit, P., Noparatnaraporn, N., Kudo, T. |
Journal: | Biosci Biotechnol Biochem |
Volume: | 66 |
Issue: | 5 |
Pagination: | 1159-63 |
Date Published: | 2002 May |
ISSN: | 0916-8451 |
Keywords: | Animals, Basidiomycota, DNA, Fungal, Isoptera, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, Symbiosis, Thailand |
Abstract: | Termitomyces-related symbiotic basidiomycetes in the nests of fungus-growing termites (Macrotermitinae) of several genera in Thailand were cultivated and analyzed phylogenetically based on the DNA sequence of nuclear ribosomal RNA genes. The relationships of the symbiotic fungi with host termites and their locality were apparently complex, supporting intricate mechanisms for the termites to acquire the symbionts. |
Alternate Journal: | Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. |