ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2014
Symbiotic digestion of lignocellulose in termite guts.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 384 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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384 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 926 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Stability in flexibility: Shifting alliances stabilize the symbioses of marine animals over 150 million years.Science advances · 2026Article
- Cellulose-fueled extracellular electron transfer in termite gut microbes.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
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- Caste-Associated Gut Microbial Diversity and Predicted Functional Profiles inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Longitudinal comparison of 16S rRNA gene amplicon datasets of the Formosan subterranean termite gut microbiome: Variation across primers, colonies, time and rearing conditions.Data in brief · 2026Article
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- Fecal fungal communities of millipedes: host species as the dominant driver rather than habitat factors.Molecular biology reports · 2026Article
- Multifunctional Properties of the Gut Symbiont Enterococcus gallinarum Associated With Eudocima materna Caterpillars in Host Plant Detoxification.Journal of basic microbiology · 2026Article
- Gut microbiome composition and cellulolytic bacteria associated with the carpenter bee Xylocopa frontalis.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Article
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- Seasonal Dynamics Without Reset: Core Microbiota Stability Across Development in a Gall-Dwelling Weevil.Insects · 2026Article
- Effect of Temperature and Genetic Inheritance on the Number of Mycangium Pits in FemaleInsects · 2026Article
- When Small Meets Smaller: Immune Modulation and Virulence Strategies in Insect-Bacteria Interactions.Insects · 2026Review
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- Immune surveillance and microbial escape in the aging host: Why does the microbiome lose its balance?PLoS biology · 2026Review
- From Molecules to Metabolomes, Understanding Symbiosis through Small Molecules.Journal of natural products · 2026Review
- Metabolic capacities of large "pillotinaceous" spirochetes from termite guts and their placement among Breznakiellaceae.BMC biology · 2026Article
- Insect Gut Microbiota as a Reservoir of Industrially Relevant Enzymes: A Comprehensive Review.Microbial ecology · 2026Review
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324 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Their ability to degrade lignocellulose gives termites an important place in the carbon cycle. This ability relies on their partnership with a diverse community of bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic gut symbionts, which break down the plant fibre and ferment the products to acetate and variable amounts of methane, with hydrogen as a central intermediate. In addition, termites rely on the biosynthetic capacities of their gut microbiota as a nutritional resource. The mineralization of humus components in the guts of soil-feeding species also contributes to nitrogen cycling in tropical soils. Lastly, the high efficiency of their minute intestinal bioreactors makes termites promising models for the industrial conversion of lignocellulose into microbial products and the production of biofuels.
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