Exploring the region‐wise diversity and functions of symbiotic bacteria in the gut system of wood‐feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus, toward the degradation of cellulose, hemicellulose, and organic dyes
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DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13012
Abstract: The wood‐feeding termite Coptotermes formosanus represents a unique and impressive system for lignocellulose degradation. The highly efficient digestion of lignocellulose is achieved through symbiosis with gut symbionts like bacteria. Despite extensive research during the last… read more here.
Keywords: system; gut; gut regions; wood feeding ... See more keywords
Efficient but occasionally imperfect vertical transmission of gut mutualistic protists in a wood‐feeding termite
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.15322
Abstract: Although mutualistic associations between animals and microbial symbionts are widespread in nature, the mechanisms that have promoted their evolutionary persistence remain poorly understood. A vertical mode of symbiont transmission (from parents to offspring) is thought… read more here.
Keywords: wood feeding; gut; transmission; feeding termite ... See more keywords
Gastrotermes spinatus gen. n. sp. n., an African soil-feeding termite described from the worker caste (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitidae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.12
Abstract: Gastrotermes spinatus gen. n. sp. n is described from workers of a single foraging group collected in Cameroon. This soil-feeding termite aligns with the Labidotermes subgroup (Apicotermes group) because of its non-protruding and symmetrical enteric… read more here.
Keywords: spinatus gen; feeding termite; gen african; gastrotermes spinatus ... See more keywords