ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2014
Metabolomic profiling of 13C-labelled cellulose digestion in a lower termite: insights into gut symbiont function.
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- GC/TOF-MS-Based Metabolomics Reveals Altered Metabolic Profiles in Wood-Feeding TermiteInsects · 2021Article
- The exposome paradigm to predict environmental health in terms of systemic homeostasis and resource balance based on NMR data science.RSC advances · 2021Review
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- Genome analyses of uncultured TG2/ZB3 bacteria in 'Margulisbacteria' specifically attached to ectosymbiotic spirochetes of protists in the termite gut.The ISME journal · 2019Article
- Effect of Diet on the Enteric Microbiome of the Wood-Eating CatfishFrontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Functional metagenomics reveals abundant polysaccharide-degrading gene clusters and cellobiose utilization pathways within gut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite.The ISME journal · 2019Article
- Pectin Digestion in Herbivorous Beetles: Impact of Pseudoenzymes Exceeds That of Their Active Counterparts.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Parallel and Gradual Genome Erosion in the Blattabacterium Endosymbionts of Mastotermes darwiniensis and Cryptocercus Wood Roaches.Genome biology and evolution · 2018Article
- NMR studies on lignocellulose deconstructions in the digestive system of the lower termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Genome of 'Ca. Desulfovibrio trichonymphae', an HThe ISME journal · 2017Article
- Metatranscriptome analysis reveals bacterial symbiont contributions to lower termite physiology and potential immune functions.BMC genomics · 2016Article
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Abstract
Termites consume an estimated 3-7 billion tonnes of lignocellulose annually, a role in nature which is unique for a single order of invertebrates. Their food is digested with the help of microbial symbionts, a relationship that has been recognized for 200 years and actively researched for at least a century. Although DNA- and RNA-based approaches have greatly refined the details of the process and the identities of the participants, the allocation of roles in space and time remains unclear. To resolve this issue, a pioneer study is reported using metabolomics to chart the in situ catabolism of (13)C-cellulose fed to the dampwood species Hodotermopsis sjostedti. The results confirm that the secretion of endogenous cellulases by the host may be significant to the digestive process and indicate that a major contribution by hindgut bacteria is phosphorolysis of cellodextrins or cellobiose. This study provides evidence that essential amino acid acquisition by termites occurs following the lysis of microbial tissue obtained via proctodaeal trophallaxis.
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