Chemical Analysis of Food Processing by the Fungus-Growing Termite Macrotermes gilvus

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 815-824

  Johjima, Toru ^a,b   Inoue, Tetsushi ^a,b   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,b   Noparatnaraporn, Napavarn ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b,c  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Food processing; Foodstore; Fungus growing termite; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES GILVUS; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITOMYCES;

EID: 0344962411     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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