@article{fdi:010040717,
  title = {{D}ifferences between bacterial communities in the gut of a soil-feeding termite ({C}ubitermes niokoloensis) and its mounds},
  author = {{F}all, {S}aliou and {H}amelin, {J}. and {N}diaye, {F}arma and {A}ssigbets{\'e}, {K}omi and {A}ragno, {M}. and {C}hotte, {J}ean-{L}uc and {B}rauman, {A}lain},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n tropical ecosystems, termite mound soils constitute an important soil compartment covering around 10% of {A}frican soils. {P}revious studies have shown ({S}. {F}all, {S}. {N}azaret, {J}. {L}. {C}hotte, and {A}. {B}rauman, {M}icrob. {E}col. 28:191-199, 2004) that the bacterial genetic structure of the mounds of soil-feeding termites ({C}ubitermes niokoloensis) is different from that of their surrounding soil. {T}he aim of this study was to characterize the specificity of bacterial communities within mounds with respect to the digestive and soil origins of the mound. {W}e have compared the bacterial community structures of a termite mound, termite gut sections, and surrounding soil using {PCR}-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis ({DGGE}) analysis and cloning and sequencing of {PCR}-amplified 16{S} r{RNA} gene fragments. {DGGE} analysis revealed a drastic difference between the genetic structures of the bacterial communities of the termite gut and the mound. {A}nalysis of 266 clones, including 54 from excised bands, revealed a high level of diversity in each biota investigated. {T}he soil-feeding termite mound was dominated by the {A}ctinobacteria phylum, whereas the {F}irmicutes and {P}roteobacteria phyla dominate the gut sections of termites and the surrounding soil, respectively. {P}hylogenetic analyses revealed a distinct clustering of {A}ctinobacteria phylotypes between the mound and the surrounding soil. {T}he {A}ctinobacteria clones of the termite mound were diverse, distributed among 10 distinct families, and like those in the termite gut environment lightly dominated by the {N}ocardioidaceae family. {O}ur findings confirmed that the soil-feeding termite mound ({C}. niokoloensis) represents a specific bacterial habitat in the tropics.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied and {E}nvironmental {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {73},
  numero = {16},
  pages = {5199--5208},
  ISSN = {0099-2240},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1128/{AEM}.02616-06},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040717},
}