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Termites in the woodwork.

Chaffron S, von Mering C.

Institute of Molecular Biology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.

ABSTRACT : Termites eat and digest wood, but how do they do it? Combining advanced genomics and proteomics techniques, researchers have now shown that microbes found in the termites' hindguts possess just the right tools.

PMID: 18036268 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2258192

Isolation of actinomycetes from termites' guts.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2003 Aug; 67(8):1797-801.

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ReviewTermites.
Curr Biol. 2007 Dec 4; 17(23):R995-9.

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Termites assess wood size by using vibration signals.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 8; 102(10):3732-7. Epub 2005 Feb 25.

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Nesting ecology and cuticular microbial loads in dampwood (Zootermopsis angusticollis) and drywood termites (Incisitermes minor, I. schwarzi, Cryptotermes cavifrons).
J Insect Sci. 2003; 3:31. Epub 2003 Sep 15.

[J Insect Sci. 2003]
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Bioessays. 2008 Apr; 30(4):299-302.

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