Fungiculture in Termites Is Associated with a Mycolytic Gut Bacterial Community

ABSTRACT Termites forage on a range of substrates, and it has been suggested that diet shapes the composition and function of termite gut bacterial communities. Through comparative analyses of gut metagenomes in nine termite species with distinct diets, we characterize bacterial community compositio...

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Main Authors: Haofu Hu, Rafael Rodrigues da Costa, Bo Pilgaard, Morten Schiøtt, Lene Lange, Michael Poulsen
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/16dee1c423f5447cb75ce6d9b32e7c9c
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