Termites in the woodwork

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chaffron, Samuel, von Mering, Christian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2258192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18036268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-229
Descripción
Sumario: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.

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