Symbiont-derived β-1,3-glucanases in a social insect: Mutualism beyond nutrition

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Rosengaus, Rebeca B ^a   Schultheis, Kelley F ^a   Yalonetskaya, Alla ^a   Bulmer, Mark S ^b   DuComb, William S ^a   Benson, Ryan W ^a,c   Thottam, John P ^a   Godoy Carter, Veronica ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 glucanases; Disease resistance; Gut protozoa; Mycosis; Social immunity; Termites; 1

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GLUCONOLACTONASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FRACTIONATION; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; INSECT SOCIETY; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; MEDIAN SURVIVAL TIME; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MYCOSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ONTOGENY; PROTOZOON; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84987780130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00607     Document Type: Article

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