九州大学大学院生物資源環境科学府植物資源科学専攻土壌微生物学研究室
Laboratory of Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Department of Plant Resources, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University
九州大学大学院農学研究院植物資源科学部門植物生産科学講座土壌微生物学研究室
Laboratory of Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Division of Soil Science & Plant Production, Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
The gut microbiota of two earthworms (Pheretima hilgendorfi [Megascolecidae] and Allolobophora japonica [Lumbricidae]) collected from the pasture in Japan were analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified DNA fragments (PCR-DGGE). The DGGE profiles indicated that there were different bacterial communities in each earthworm guts from surrounding soils. All samples including surrounding soils contained a common major band, which showed high homology to Bacillaceae including Bacillus spp. in its sequence. We believe that we are the first to report the detailed analysis of gut microbiota, of which existed in two earthworm families, Megascolecidae and Lumbricidae at the same sampling site.