Ingestion and decomposition of wood and cellulose by the protozoa in the hindgut of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) as evidenced by polarizing and transmission electron microscopy

Holzforschung

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-104

  Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fujino, Takeshi ^a   Itoh, Takao ^a   Tsunoda, Kunio ^a   Takahashi, Munezoh ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Polarizing microscopy; Symbiotic protozoa; Termite; Transmission electron microscopy; Wood decomposition

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; HOLOMASTIGOTOIDES; ISOPTERA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOTRICHONYMPHA GRASSII; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SPIROTRICHONYMPHA LEIDYI;

BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; PROTOZOA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSECTA; POLARIZING MICROSCOPE; TERMITE;

WOOD;

EID: 0030352158     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hfsg.1996.50.2.99     Document Type: Article

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