Abstract

• The present work was conducted to investigate the identification and phylogenetics of the cellulolytic bacteria from the gut of termite. The termite specimens were collected from termite mounds in campus of University of Yangon and Hlawga Wildlife Park in Yangon Region. Study period was from June, 2018 to December, 2018. Six gram negative bacterial isolates from the termite gut were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis and BLAST homology and similarity search of GenBank based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that all six were Pseudomonas putida (99%-100% homology).