ReviewInsects2019
Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites.
Review in Insects, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
- The yeasts associated with the fungus-growing termite, Macrotermes michaelseni, of Botswana: biodiversity and potential functional roles.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026Article
- Seasonal diet shifts alter the gut microbiome and resistome of captive geriatric giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca).BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Antibacterial activity of fungus comb extracts from Senegalese fungus-farming termites.AMB Express · 2025Article
- Shaping the tripartite symbiosis: are termite microbiome functions directed by the environmentally acquired fungal cultivar?Animal microbiome · 2024Article
- Dynamics and drivers of fungal communities in a multipartite ant-plant association.BMC biology · 2024Article
- Dietary potential of the symbiotic fungusApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Exploring the diversity of microbes and natural products from fungus-growing termite tripartite symbiosis.Engineering microbiology · 2024Review
- Non-ribosomal peptide synthase profiles remain structurally similar despite minimally shared features across fungus-farming termite microbiomes.ISME communications · 2024Article
- Prostaglandin A3 regulates the colony development ofCrop health · 2024Article
- Culture Conditions for Mycelial Growth and Anti-Cancer Properties ofMycobiology · 2023Article
- You eat what you find - Local patterns in vegetation structure control diets of African fungus-growing termites.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Characterization of TwoJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The chemical ecology of the fungus-farming termite symbiosis.Natural product reports · 2022Review
- Lessons From Insect Fungiculture: From Microbial Ecology to Plastics Degradation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Isolation, characterization, and genome assembly of Barnettozyma botsteinii sp. nov. and novel strains of Kurtzmaniella quercitrusa isolated from the intestinal tract of the termite Macrotermes bellicosus.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Article
- Species- and Caste-Specific Gut Metabolomes in Fungus-Farming Termites.Metabolites · 2021Article
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- Exploring the effect of plant substrates on bacterial community structure in termite fungus-combs.PloS one · 2020Article
- Investigation of Physicochemical Indices and Microbial Communities in Termite Fungus-Combs.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Termites are among the most successful animal groups, accomplishing nutrient acquisition through long-term associations and enzyme provisioning from microbial symbionts. Fungus farming has evolved only once in a single termite sub-family: Macrotermitinae. This sub-family has become a dominant decomposer in the Old World; through enzymatic contributions from insects, fungi, and bacteria, managed in an intricate decomposition pathway, the termites obtain near-complete utilisation of essentially any plant substrate. Here we review recent insights into our understanding of the process of plant biomass decomposition in fungus-growing termites. To this end, we outline research avenues that we believe can help shed light on how evolution has shaped the optimisation of plant-biomass decomposition in this complex multipartite symbiosis.
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