Publication Date:
2015-08-19
Description:
Symbiotic associations of cellulolytic eukaryotic protists and diverse bacteria are common in the gut microbial communities of termites. Besides cellulose degradation by the gut protists, reductive acetogenesis from H2 plus CO2 and nitrogen fixation by gut bacteria play crucial roles in the host termites’ nutrition by contributing to the energy...
Keywords:
Symbioses Becoming Permanent: The Origins and Evolutionary Trajectories of Organelles Sackler Colloq
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General