ABSTRACT: Investigating the Core Microbiota and Microbial Fluctuations among Colonies and Castes in the Hindgut of the Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes
Project description:Here, we generated whole-body cell atlases of the king, queen, soldier, and working castes of the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis to investigate caste specialisation of cellular types and transcriptomes. Out of 24 cell clusters, 18 could be annotated based on sister cell types in Drosophila melanogaster and six appeared novel.
Project description:The hindgut-lumen prokaryotic microbiota of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes and its responses to dietary lignocellulose composition
Project description:The hindgut-lumen prokaryotic microbiota of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes and its responses to dietary lignocellulose composition
Project description:Examination of aging in social insects. Differential gene expression between old and young individuals of four castes of the termite Macrotermes bellicosus. Minor workers, major workers, kings, queens. Collected in January 2015 in Ivory Coast.