Fungiculture or termite husbandry? the ruminant hypothesis

Insects

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 307-323

  Nobre, Tânia ^a   Aanen, Duur K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fungus growing termites; Gut microbiota; Host symbiont specificity; Lignocellulose; Macrotermitinae; Ruminant hypothesis; Termitomyces

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITOMYCES;

EID: 84873526783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects3010307     Document Type: Article

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