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Investigation of Physicochemical Indices and Microbial Communities in Termite Fungus-Combs
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Termitomyces species are wild edible mushrooms that possess high nutritional value and a wide range of medicinal properties. However, the cultivation of these mushrooms is very difficult because of their symbiotic association with termites. In this study,
Guiying Yang +8 more
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Termite mounds mitigate half of termite methane emissions [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 Significance Termites are important decomposers of plant material in tropical ecosystems, and thereby produce globally significant amounts of the greenhouse gas CH 4 . Here, we provide a mechanistic understanding of CH 4 turnover in termite mounds to fill a long-standing knowledge ...
Philipp A. Nauer +2 more
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Large-Scale Production of Fungal Bait Blocks for the Attraction of Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) [PDF]
, 2017 It has been shown that wood infected with the brown rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum (Pers. ex Fr.) Murr. is\u27more attractive to termites than sound wood.
Smith, R. E
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Roles of oxalate-degrading bacteria in fungus-growing termite nests [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalFungus-growing termite (FGT) nests possess an oxalate pool derived from termite input and fungal oxalogenesis. The effect of oxalate biotransformation in the termite nest on the symbiotic association between FGTs and Termitomyces fungi is poorly ...
Qibiao Sun +5 more
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Inhibition of a Secreted Immune Molecule Interferes With Termite Social Immunity
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Social immune behaviors are described in a great variety of insect societies and their role in preventing emerging infectious diseases has become a major topic in insect research.
M. Alejandra Esparza-Mora +6 more
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Top‐down network analysis characterizes hidden termite–termite interactions [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2016 AbstractThe analysis of ecological networks is generally bottom‐up, where networks are established by observing interactions between individuals. Emergent network properties have been indicated to reflect the dominant mode of interactions in communities that might be mutualistic (e.g., pollination) or antagonistic (e.g., host–parasitoid communities ...
Campbell, Colin +8 more
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Insects, 2011 The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, and the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann), are both pests of wood in service in Hawaii and Florida.
Nirmala K. Hapukotuwa, J. Kenneth Grace
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Transcriptomic dissection of termite gut microbiota following entomopathogenic fungal infection
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Termites are social insects that live in the soil or in decaying wood, where exposure to pathogens should be common. However, these pathogens rarely cause mortality in established colonies.
Ya-ling Tang +10 more
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A new process to promote the use of controlled mycorrhization practice in forest nurseries [PDF]
, 2013 The aims of this study were to test a new mycorrhizal inoculation process using a “catalyser” of the mycorrhizal establishment (termite mounds of Macrotermes subhyalinus) to minimize the requested volume of fungal inoculum added to the cultural substrate.
Agbangba, Codjo Emile +6 more
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International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research, 2012 Termites present a good natural metaphor to evolutionary computation. While each individual’s computational power is small compared to more evolved species, it is the power of their colonies that inspires communication engineers. This paper presents a study of artificial termites in sensor networks for the purpose of solving its’ routing problem.
Zungeru, A. M., Ang, L. -M., Seng, K. P.
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