Potential for Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus-Growing Termite Symbiosis

Termites host a gut microbiota of diverse and essential symbionts that enable specialization on dead plant material; an abundant, but nutritionally imbalanced food source. To supplement the severe shortage of dietary nitrogen (N), some termite species make use of diazotrophic bacteria to fix atmosph...

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Autores principales: Sapountzis, Panagiotis, de Verges, Jane, Rousk, Kathrin, Cilliers, Magdeleen, Vorster, Barend J., Poulsen, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Materias:
Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5156715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28018322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01993

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5156715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28018322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01993

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