Termite gut
Anaerobic lignocellulolytic microbial consortium derived from termite gut: enrichment, lignocellulose degradation and community dynamics
... of termite gut microbiomes and to identify the microbial species and enzymes involved in such processes, previous stud- ies have applied culture-dependent approaches, enabling the isolation of cellulolytic ...
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ISOLATION OF CELLULOLYTIC AND AMYLOLYTICBACTERIA OF WORKER AND SOLDIER TERMITE GUT (ISOPTERA)
... the gut of the local worker and soldier termite ...worker gut and 8 from soldier gut showed cellulase degrading activity by secreting cellulase ...worker gut and 8 of soldier gut ...
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A molecular survey of Australian and North American termite genera indicates that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiomes
... lower termite genera (Porotermes—OTU43, Incisitermes—OTU55, Reticulitermes—OTU24; Figure 2 and Additional file 10: Figure ...same termite families suggest- ing minimal contamination (and vertical ...
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Catechol 2,3 Dioxygenase Assisted Cleavage of Aromatics by "Anaerobic" Termite Gut Spirochetes and Genomic Evidence of a Complete Meta Pathway
... Microsoft Word ThesisTitlePage docx CATECHOL 2,3?DIOXYGENASE?ASSISTED CLEAVAGE OF AROMATICS BY ?ANAEROBIC? TERMITE GUT SPIROCHETES AND GENOMIC EVIDENCE OF A COMPLETE META?PATHWAY Thesis by Kaitlyn Sha[.] ...
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Evidence for Cascades of Perturbation and Adaptation in the Metabolic Genes of Higher Termite Gut Symbionts
... their gut microbes engage in fascinating dietary ...“higher” termite (members of the Termitidae, the youngest and most biomass-abundant and species-rich termite ...the gut communities of ...
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Genome Wide Effects of Selenium and Translational Uncoupling on Transcription in the Termite Gut Symbiont Treponema primitia
... mechanism in the termite gut symbiont Treponema primitia, a member of the bacterial phylum Spirochaetes. We also evaluated changes in genome-wide transcriptional patterns caused by selenium limitation and ...
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Hydrogen Production by Termite Gut Protists: Characterization of Iron Hydrogenases of Parabasalian Symbionts of the Termite Coptotermes formosanus
... bust monophyletic cluster with the sequences from T. vaginalis, indicating that they share a common ancestor as predicted by their classification in Parabasalia. However, the 06B09 se- quence was distantly related to the ...
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Termite Gut Symbiotic Archaezoa Are Becoming Living Metabolic Fossils
... of termite cellulases, and two specific primers, FM01F1 and FM01F2 (Table 1), were constructed to amplify the full-length cDNAs of flagel- late cellulases by 3⬘-RACE with adaptor primer ...
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Screening of multimeric β-xylosidases from the gut microbiome of a higher termite, Globitermes brachycerastes
... Termite gut microbiome is a rich reservoir for glycoside hydrolases, a suite of enzymes critical for the degradation of lignocellulosic ...fosmid gut library of a higher termite, Globitermes ...
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Symbiotic cellulolytic bacteria from the gut of the subterranean termite Psammotermes hypostoma Desneux and their role in cellulose digestion
... hind gut of the subterranean termite Coptotermes curvignathus, identified them as (Enterobac- ter aerogenes, ...the termite gut, the isolated organisms were identified as Bacillus ...
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Transcriptome analysis of the digestive system of a wood-feeding termite (Coptotermes formosanus) revealed a unique mechanism for effective biomass degradation
... wood-feeding termite, ...of termite workers, in 3–4 instar from same colony, were carefully dissected under a dissect microscopy, and their tissues of SG, FG, MG, and HG from a termite worker ...
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Parallel metatranscriptome analyses of host and symbiont gene expression in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes
... The termite 'digestome' is defined as the pool of host and symbiont genes that collaborate to achieve high efficiency lignocellulose digestion in the termite gut ...host gut cells and the ...
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Workers of a drywood termite do not work
... Conclusion: Thus, in contrast to general perception where termite workers are considered equivalent to workers in Hymenoptera, the 'large immatures' of C. secundus did not behave as workers that help in raising ...
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Subterranean termite baiting systems.
... Some termite species build nests in large trees. These trees appear unaffected and although the whole trunk may be hollow, the only external signs may be hollow, broken branches. Termites can be detected by ...
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Termite: Emulation Testbed for Encounter Networks
... Second, Termite features a general and resource-efficient design which enables emulation of applications targeting Android, iOS, or other mobile platforms by implementing Termite-specific ex- tensions for ...
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The altered gut virome community in rhesus monkeys is correlated with the gut bacterial microbiome and associated metabolites
... between gut viromes than between gut bacterial microbiomes in humans ...the gut bacterial microbiome had an obvious effect on bacterio- phage composition [25]; moreover, the gut virome com- ...
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Jun N terminal kinase maintains tissue integrity during cell rearrangement in the gut
... and gut extension. This model of gut elongation has implications not only for the etiology of digestive tract defects, but sheds new light on the means by which intra- and intercellular forces are balanced ...
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Subterranean termite infestation in buildings.
... Dusting is ineffective against some species of termite, for example Coptotermes frenchi, which tends to avoid disturbed areas. Alternatively, termites may be aggregated using susceptible timber, removed, dusted ...
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Logistic constraints on 3D termite construction
... A termite moves m times in this fashion every time step. Since termites move relatively fast by comparison with pheromone diffusion, for all results reported here, m = 5. Termites are not prevented from entering ...
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Directional vibration sensing in the termite Macrotermes natalensis
... the termite entered the particular platform within 1 s of the start of the drumming ...the termite turned to the platform that vibrated ...different termite mounds were ...of termite responses ...
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