Wood degradation in the digestive tract of the formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Authors :: Arquette, Tim J.
Lawrence, Amanda M.
Sampson, Blair J.
Rodriguez, and Jose M.
Source :: Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. April 1, 2013, Vol. 58 Issue 2-3, p178, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Most wood decomposition in the digestive tract of subterranean termite workers (family Rhinotermitidae) occurs in food vacuoles of flagellate protozoan symbionts in the hindgut (Radek, 1999). Types of protozoa [...]

Subjects :: Digestive organs -- Physiological aspects
Wood -- Chemical properties
Termites -- Physiological aspects
Decomposition (Chemistry) -- Research
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