Patterns of substrate degradation by some microfungi from fungus-growing termite combs (Isoptera: Termitidae: Macrotermitinae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 525-541

  Guedegbe, Herbert ^a,b   Houngnandan, Pascal ^b   Roman, Jocelyne ^a   Rouland Lefevre, Corinne ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Fungus comb; Lignin derivatives; Microfungi; Substrate utilization

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 56049125742     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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