Differential role of symbiotic fungi in lignin degradation and food provision for fungus-growing termites (Macrotermitinae: Isoptera)

By F. Hyodo, I. Tayasu, Tetsushi Inoue, J. Azuma, T. Kudo, T. Abe. 2003

129 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. F. Hyodo
2. A. Brune
3. M. Blackwell
4. F. Vega
5. Nathan Lo
6. Moriya Ohkuma
7. C. Nalepa
8. N. Moran

In Genetics

1. F. Hyodo
2. A. Brune
3. M. Blackwell
4. F. Vega
5. Nathan Lo
6. Moriya Ohkuma
7. C. Nalepa
8. N. Moran

In Insect Science

1. F. Hyodo
2. A. Brune
3. M. Blackwell
4. F. Vega
5. Moriya Ohkuma
6. C. Nalepa
7. N. Moran
8. Philipp Engel

Citations in the corpus

• Marked variations in patterns of cellulase activity against crystalline‐ vs. carboxymethyl‐cellulose in the digestive systems of diverse, wood‐feeding termites (2005, background): “…ratios between termites and their symbiotic fungi has shown that almost all of the carbon assimilated by Odontotermes spp. derives from the fungi (Hyodo et al., 2003), supporting the idea that the cellulase present in O. formosanus does not play the most important role in energy assimilation.”
• Use of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in insect trophic ecology (2015, background): “genus Odontotermes) are more dependent on the symbiotic fungi than the termites of the genus Macrotermes (Hyodo et al. 2003).”
• Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution (2005, background): “Some studies suggest that the role of the fungus may differ in different termites (Rouland-Lefèvre 2000; Hyodo et al. 2003).”
• Animal digestive strategies versus anaerobic digestion bioprocesses for biogas production from lignocellulosic biomass (2011, background): “Ectosymbiotic fungi provide termites with carbohydratases, including cellulases and xylanases, and lignin peroxidases (Hyodo et al. 2003; Johjima et al. 2006; Martin and Martin 1978; Taprab et al. 2005).”
• Role of the Termite Gut Microbiota in Symbiotic Digestion (2010, background): “serves mainly in lignin degradation, enabling the termites and their gut microbiota to utilize the polysaccharides more efficiently, it serves directly as a nutritious food source in several representatives of other genera (Hyodo et al. 2003).”