Metabolomic profiling of C-labelled cellulose digestion in a lower termite: insights into gut symbiont function
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Tropical Biosphere Research Center, COMB, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan RIKEN Antibiotics Laboratory, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan School of Biological Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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