Comparisons of gut carbohydrolase activity patterns in Reticulitermes flavipes and Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) workers and soldiers

Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-124

  Smith, Joseph A ^a   Scharf, Michael E ^a   Pereira, Roberto M ^a   Koehler, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Xylosidase; Cellulase; Endoglucanase; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 59849122185     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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