Application of 13C NMR to investigate the transformations and biodegradation of organic materials by wood- and soil-feeding termites, and a coprophagous litter-dwelling dipteran larva

Biodegradation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 423-431

  Hopkins, D W ^a,e   Chudek, J A ^a   Bignell, D E ^b,c   Frouz, J ^d   Webster, E A ^a   Lawson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Coprophagy; Detritivory; Intestinal microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; WOOD; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; INSECT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL; WOOD;

BIBIO MARCI; MICROCEROTERMES PARVUS; THORACOTERMES MACROTHORAX;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; COMPOSITION; LIGNIN; MICROORGANISMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOILS; TISSUE; WOOD;

COPROPHAGY;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIPTERA; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; LARVA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL; WOOD;

EID: 0032216843     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008313309557     Document Type: Article

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