Symbiotic digestion of lignocellulose in termite guts

A Brune - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014‏ - nature.com
Their ability to degrade lignocellulose gives termites an important place in the carbon cycle.
This ability relies on their partnership with a diverse community of bacterial, archaeal and …

It's not a bug, it's a feature: functional materials in insects

TBH Schroeder, J Houghtaling, BD Wilts… - Advanced …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the course of their wildly successful proliferation across the earth, the insects as a
taxon have evolved enviable adaptations to their diverse habitats, which include adhesives …

Aplikasi Bakteri Endosimbion Rayap Macrotermes gilvus Hagen dalam Mendekomposisi Berbagai Jenis Kayu dan Tanah Mineral

R Susanti, W Fadhillah, A Hanif - AGRIUM: Jurnal Ilmu Pertanian, 2024‏ - jurnal.umsu.ac.id
Rayap adalah sekelompok serangga eusosial yang menampung konsorsium bakteri
aerobik, anaerobik, dan mikroaerofilik yang bertanggung jawab atas degradasi selulosa …

[کتاب][B] Global soil biodiversity atlas.

A Orgiazzi, RD Bardgett, E Barrios - 2016‏ - cabidigitallibrary.org
What is soil biodiversity? How does it vary in space and time? What does it provide to
society? What are the main threats to soil biodiversity? What can we do to preserve it? The …

Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome

N Terrapon, C Li, HM Robertson, L Ji, X Meng… - Nature …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Although eusociality evolved independently within several orders of insects, research into
the molecular underpinnings of the transition towards social complexity has been confined …

Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite

M Poulsen, H Hu, C Li, Z Chen, L Xu, S Otani… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
Termites normally rely on gut symbionts to decompose organic matter but the
Macrotermitinae domesticated Termitomyces fungi to produce their own food. This transition …

Termite evolution: mutualistic associations, key innovations, and the rise of Termitidae

T Chouvenc, J Šobotník, MS Engel… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021‏ - Springer
Termites are a clade of eusocial wood-feeding roaches with> 3000 described species.
Eusociality emerged~ 150 million years ago in the ancestor of modern termites, which, since …

Horizontal gene transfer contributes to the evolution of arthropod herbivory

N Wybouw, Y Pauchet, DG Heckel… - Genome biology and …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Within animals, evolutionary transition toward herbivory is severely limited by the hostile
characteristics of plants. Arthropods have nonetheless counteracted many nutritional and …

Beyond promiscuity: mate-choice commitments in social breeding

JJ Boomsma - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2013‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Obligate eusociality with distinct caste phenotypes has evolved from strictly monogamous
sub-social ancestors in ants, some bees, some wasps and some termites. This implies that …

Interindividual variability in social insects–proximate causes and ultimate consequences

R Jeanson, A Weidenmüller - Biological Reviews, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Individuals within social groups often show consistent differences in behaviour across time
and context. Such interindividual differences and the evolutionary challenge they present …