Enzyme Activities at Different Stages of Plant Biomass Decomposition in Three Species of Fungus-Growing Termites
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Enzyme Activities at Different Stages of Plant Biomass Decomposition in Three Species of Fungus-Growing Termites
Fungus-growing termites rely on mutualistic fungi of the genus Termitomyces and gut microbes for plant biomass degradation. Due to a certain degree of symbiont complementarity, this tripartite symbiosis has evolved as a complex bioreactor, enabling decomposition of nearly any plant polymer, likely contributing to the success of the termites as one of the main plant decomposers in the Old World....
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.01815-17