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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2024

Metagenomics analysis of bacterial community structure from wood- and soil-feeding termites: metabolic pathways and functional structures toward the degradation of lignocellulose and recalcitrant compounds.

Rongrong Xie, Blessing Danso, Jianzhong Sun, Rania Al-Tohamy, Maha A Khalil, Michael Schagerl, Sameh S Ali

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Rongrong XieBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Blessing DansoBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Jianzhong SunBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Rania Al-TohamyBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Maha A KhalilDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Michael SchagerlDepartment of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Sameh S AliBiofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.

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Abstract

Some essential information on gut bacterial profiles and their unique contributions to food digestion in wood-feeding termites (WFT) and soil-feeding termites (SFT) is still inadequate. The feeding type of termites is hypothesized to influence their gut bacterial composition and its functionality in degrading lignocellulose or other organic chemicals. This could potentially provide alternative approaches for the degradation of some recalcitrant environmental chemicals. Therefore, metagenomic analysis can be employed to examine the composition and functional profiles of gut bacterial symbionts in WFT and SFT. Based on the metagenomic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of gut bacterial symbionts in the WFT,

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bacterial communitymetabolic pathwaysmetagenomicsoperational taxonomic unitrecalcitrant pollutantstermite gut symbionts

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