Social insects are successful animal invaders. Their survival and success, and in some
cases also their impact on invaded ecosystem functioning, is often mediated by symbiosis …

Some essential information on gut bacterial profiles and their unique contributions to food
digestion in wood-feeding termites (WFT) and soil-feeding termites (SFT) is still inadequate …

Micro-organisms inhabiting animal guts benefit from a protected and nutrient-rich
environment while assisting the host with digestion and nutrition. In this study we compare …

A description of termite biology, distribution and diversity, economic importance, and
sustainable management is presented. Liquid termiticide injection to soil, to establish a toxic …

The digestive capacity of organic compounds by the black soldier fly (BSF, Hermetia
illucens, Diptera: Stratiomyidae, Linnaeus, 1758) is known to rely on complex larva …

Our current understanding of the host-microbiota interaction in the gut is dominated by
studies focused primarily on prokaryotic bacterial communities. However, there is an …

Invasive scarab beetles, like the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica Newman (JB), spend
most of their lives as larvae feeding in the soil matrix. Despite the potential importance of the …

Cryptocercus punctulatus and Parasphaeria boleiriana are two distantly related
xylophagous and subsocial cockroaches. Cryptocercus is related to termites. Xylophagous …

Termites have co-evolved with a complex gut microbiota consisting mostly of exclusive
resident taxa, but key forces sustaining this exclusive partnership are still poorly understood …

The gut microbiome composition of terrestrial vertebrates is known to converge in response
to common specialized dietary strategies, like leaf-eating (folivory) or ant-and termite-eating …