High performance liquid chromatography studies on the polysaccharides in the walls of the mounds of two species of termite in Senegal, Cubitermes oculatus and Macrotermes subhyalinus: Their origin and contribution to structural stability

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 508-516

  Contour Ansel, D ^a   Garnier Sillam, E ^a   Lachaux, M ^a   Croci, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Cubitermes oculatus; Polysaccharides; Structural stability; Termite mounds; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CUBITERMES OCULATUS; HEMICELLULOSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROTERMES SUBHYALINUS; POLYSACCHARIDE; SENEGAL; STACHYOSE; SUGAR; TERMITE;

EID: 0033823497     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740000201     Document Type: Article

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