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Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Malo Roze, Stanislav N. Gorb, Timo Zeimet, Wencke Krings   +3 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, Lindsay B. Hutley, Stefan K. Arndt   +2 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geochemistry and Geochronology of Magmatic Rocks in Southwestern and Northeastern Cambodia: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution and Metallogenesis of the Loei Fold Belt

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
The composition of intrusive rocks suggests that the magma was likely generated in a subduction‐related setting. The arc crustal thickness in the Phnom Sro Ngam and Halo Prospects was probably < 40 km during emplacement. Zircon U–Pb age range indicates a correlation with Loei Fold Belt magmatic activity.
Sirisokha Seang, Khin Zaw, Kakda Kret, Ivan Belousov, Kotaro Yonezu, Koichiro Watanabe, Charles Makoundi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity of adipokinetic hormones in termites (Isoptera)

European Journal of Entomology, 2016
In this study we report on the structural diversity of adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) in the evolutionarily oldest group of social insects, the termites (Isoptera).
Veronika JEDLIČKOVÁ, Pavel JEDLIČKA, Barbora ŠPULÁKOVÁ   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-Throughput Cultivation for the Selective Isolation of Acidobacteria From Termite Nests

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Microbial communities in the immediate environment of socialized invertebrates can help to suppress pathogens, in part by synthesizing bioactive natural products. Here we characterized the core microbiomes of three termite species (genus Coptotermes) and
Markus Oberpaul, Celine M. Zumkeller, Tanja Culver, Marius Spohn, Sanja Mihajlovic, Benedikt Leis, Stefanie P. Glaeser, Rudy Plarre, Dino P. McMahon, Dino P. McMahon, Peter Hammann, Till F. Schäberle, Till F. Schäberle, Jens Glaeser, Andreas Vilcinskas, Andreas Vilcinskas   +15 more
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Environmental Pesticide Exposure in the Etiology of Pediatric Brain Tumors and Leukemia: A Scoping Review of Epidemiological Studies

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The etiologies of pediatric cancer are largely unknown, but environmental pesticide exposures are likely to contribute. Chronic low‐dose exposure to pesticide mixtures through drinking water is a growing concern in agricultural communities.
Grace N. VanDeSteeg, Alyssa R. Russum, Matthew R. Sandbulte, Eleanor G. Rogan, Martha G. Rhoades   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) from their common ancestor

Communications Biology
Termites digest wood using Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes (CAZymes) produced by gut bacteria with whom they have cospeciated at geological timescales. Whether CAZymes were encoded in the genomes of their ancestor’s gut bacteria and transmitted to modern ...
Tereza Beránková, Jigyasa Arora, Johanna Romero Arias, Aleš Buček, Gaku Tokuda, Jan Šobotník, Simon Hellemans, Thomas Bourguignon   +7 more
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Occupation of Synoeca surinama (L.) (Vespidae, Polistinae) nests by Nasutitermes obscurus (Holmgren) (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) in the Cerrado

EntomoBrasilis, 2023
The study of relationships between living beings is essential for understanding the functioning of the ecosystem for the management and conservation of biota, especially in rich and threatened biomes such as the Brazilian Cerrado.
Gabriel de Castro Jacques, Sheliane Cristina Coelho Francisco, Luis Gustavo Talarico Rubim, Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +3 more
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Binuclear Copper‐Dependent Oxidative Enzymes Involved in Fungal Natural Product Modifications

Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, EarlyView.
This article summarizes recent biochemical characterizations of a new enzyme family named by the authors as binuclear copper‐dependent oxidative enzymes (BiNCOs). Found in fungal natural product biosynthesis, BiNCOs catalyze diverse CH functionalization reactions, including C(sp3)H halogenation, C(sp3)H hydroxylation, C(sp3)O macrocyclization, and ...
Chen‐Yu Chiang, Masao Ohashi, Yi Tang
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