Fungal nutrition allocation enhances mutualism with fungus-growing termite
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DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.04.001
Abstract: Abstract Fungal nodules and aged fungus gardens are products of termite fungiculture systems, and are the diets of termites. To understand the nutrition flow in fungiculture, we quantified the number and mass of fungal nodules… read more here.
Keywords: fungus gardens; mutualism fungus; growing termite; fungal nodules ... See more keywords
Chemical Profile and Antimicrobial Activity of the Fungus-Growing Termite Strain Macrotermes Bellicosus Used in Traditional Medicine in the Republic of Benin
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DOI: 10.3390/molecules25215015
Abstract: The fungus growing termite species Macrotermes bellicosus (M. bellicosus) is used in nutrition and traditional medicine in the Republic of Benin for the treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases. Previous findings demonstrated evidence of anti-inflammatory… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; macrotermes bellicosus; bellicosus; fungus growing ... See more keywords