Antibiotics remove Caduceia versatilis from the Cryptotermes cavifrons (Kalotermitidae: Isoptera) hindgut and increase production of calcium-rich crystals

Symbiosis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-289

  Dolan, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiotic bacteria; Gut ecology; Termites; Trichomonads

Indexed keywords

CADUCEIA VERSATILIS; CRYPTOTERMES CAVIFRONS; SNYDERELLA TABOGAE; STEPHANONYMPHA;

EID: 0034101155     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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