Incidence of fungus-growing termites (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) on the structure of soil microbial communities

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1852-1859

  Jouquet, P ^a,d   Ranjard, L ^b   Lepage, M ^c   Lata, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Institut de recherche pour le developpement Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

A RISA; Biogenic structures; Fungus growing termites; Microbial communities; Savanna

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MICROORGANISMS; PH EFFECTS; RNA; SOILS;

COMB CHAMBER WALLS; FUNGUS-GROWING TERMITES; LANTICULAR MOUND; ODONTOTERMES;

FUNGI;

SOIL MICROORGANISM; TERMITE;

ANCISTROTERMES; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; ODONTOTERMES;

EID: 20544476478     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.02.017     Document Type: Article

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