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SUBMITTER: Tokuda G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4100516 | biostudies-other | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tokuda Gaku G Tsuboi Yuuri Y Kihara Kumiko K Saitou Seikou S Moriya Sigeharu S Lo Nathan N Kikuchi Jun J
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20140801 1789
Termites consume an estimated 3-7 billion tonnes of lignocellulose annually, a role in nature which is unique for a single order of invertebrates. Their food is digested with the help of microbial symbionts, a relationship that has been recognized for 200 years and actively researched for at least a century. Although DNA- and RNA-based approaches have greatly refined the details of the process and the identities of the participants, the allocation of roles in space and time remains unclear. To r ...[more]