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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 1999, p. 837-840, Vol. 65, No. 2
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Phylogenetic Diversity of Symbiotic Methanogens Living in the Hindgut of the Lower Termite Reticulitermes speratus Analyzed by PCR and In Situ Hybridization

Naoya Shinzato,1,2,* Tadao Matsumoto,1 Ikuo Yamaoka,3 Tairo Oshima,2 and Akihiko Yamagishi2

Department of Biology, School of Arts and Science, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0041,1 Department of Molecular Biology, School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, Horinouchi, Hachiouji, Tokyo 192-0392,2 and Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-0841,3 Japan

Received 24 August 1998/Accepted 9 November 1998

A phylogenetic analysis of the sequences of 60 clones of archaeal small-subunit rRNA genes amplified from the termite Reticulitermes speratus revealed that most of them (56 clones) clustered in the genus Methanobrevibacter. Three clones were classified in the order Thermoplasmales. The Methanobrevibacter-related symbionts were detected by in situ hybridization analysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: c/o A. Yamagishi, Department of Molecular Biology, School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1, Horinouchi, Hachiouji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan. Phone: 81-426-76-7141. Fax: 81-426-76-7145. E-mail: shinzato{at}nibh.go.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 1999, p. 837-840, Vol. 65, No. 2
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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